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BEACH GRASS PLANTING 08
Check out the Clean Up Effort by Babylon Students in 2005! 2006! 2007!
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Another Great and Rewarding Day at the Gilgo Clean Up the Beach Event! |
They worked the Beach, the Dunes and Bay Wetlands at the West end of Gilgo and collected An estimated 500 Pounds of Garbage! It's just amazing what slobs we humans can be. |
The Thrill of the Clean Up can be a great experience. Especially when comparing Bags at the Inn in the late afternoon sun. It's a Great Feeling to do some Good. We will be posting future Clean Up Events and would love for more Volunteers. Contact STB if you would like to be put on an email alert for clean up dates. |
DOCUMENTED BEACH CLEAN-UP 2005
In the Fall of 2005 Save the Beaches Educational Program was conducted on September 27th and 28th at Cedar Marina, Overlook Beach, and Cedar Beach for seven 5th grade classes from Babylon Grade School.
As always the morning interactive educational opportunities included “bay ecology”, “boating and water safety” and “fin-fishing” on the Marina side of Cedar Beach. On the ocean side the “ocean dynamics” and “beach habitats” segments of the program were presented.
In the category of, “Why didn’t we think of this before”, we added a new activity to the afternoon portion of our Educational Program – a beach cleanup.
The fifth graders conducted a “documented beach cleanup” using the data sheets and bags provided by Ocean Conservancy and the Americal Littoral Society.
On Overlook Beach on the 27th and Cedar Beach on the 28th, in the allotted 45 minutes, the students collected 695 pounds of debris in 49 bags plus 2 piles of metal and wood and a rubber tire. (See data sheet recap below.)
CLEANUP BY BABYLON GRADE SCHOOL 2005
Reported to Littoral Society and Ocean Conservancy:
695 pounds collected in 49 bags by 140 Fifth Graders.
SHORELINE & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
184 Bags
57 Balloons
217 Plastic Beverage Bottles
161 Glass Beverage Bottles (+ 23 pounds Broken Glass)
168 Beverage Cans
214 Caps, Lids
77 Clothing, Shoes
194 Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons
375 Food Wrappers/Containers
22 Pull Tabs
8 6-Pack Holders
8 Shotgun Shells/Wadding
93 Straws, Stirrers
85 Toys
OCEAN/WATERWAY ACTIVITIES
14 Bait Containers/Packaging
7 Bleach/Cleaner bottles
10 Buoys/Floats
4 Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps
5 Fishing Line
2 Fishing Lures/Light Sticks
3 Fishing Nets
7 Light Bulbs/Tubes
7 Oil/Lube Bottles
18 Plastic Sheeting/Tarps
27 Rope
12 Strapping Bands
SMOKING RELATED
157 Cigarettes/Cigarette filters
18 Cigarette Lighters
17 Cigar Tips
7 Tobacco Packaging/Wrappers
DUMPING ACTIVITIES ** not in bags or in weight tally
4 Batteries
49 Building Materials & roofing tiles
4 cars/car Parts **
3 Boat Parts **
1 Tire **
MEDICAL/PERSONAL HYGIENE
3 diapers
2 Syringes
16 Tampons/Tampon Applicators
DEBRIS ITEMS OF LOCAL CONCERN
23 Wire/Metal Fencing Lengths **
11 pieces of Building Lumber **
7 Styrofoam Hunks
2 Metal Pipes **
2 Aerosol Cans
1 Garden Hose
3 Hair Items
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Babylon 5th Graders 2006 |
CLEANUP BY BABYLON GRADE SCHOOL 2006
On September 26 and 27 Save the Beaches volunteers conducted its fall program for 146 fifth graders from Babylon Grade School at Cedar Marina and Cedar and Overlook Beaches.
It was a huge success due in part to the wonderful weather and the enthusiastic students. The sixth and final activity of the program was a documented beach clean-up. Once again, it was a huge success. 29 buddy groups set out with their parent chaperones and for 35 to 40 minutes picked up, bagged, and catalogued 460 pounds of debris which did not include several large metal pieces and hefty dock sections.
CLEANUP DATA RECAP
The data cards that the students used are the ones distributed by Ocean Conservancy and the completed and tabulated cards were sent to American Littoral Society as well as the Ocean Conservancy. See totals below.
Reported to Littoral Society and Ocean Conservancy:
580 pounds collected by 146 Fifth Graders.
SHORELINE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Bags (paper or plastic)....283
Balloons.…41
Beverage Bottles (plastic 2 liters or less).…174
Beverage Bottles (glass)....174
Beverage Cans….194
Caps, Lids….150
Clothing, Shoes....48
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons….282
Food Wrappers/Containers.…461
Pull Tabs....19
6-Pack Holders.…26
Shotgun Shells/Wadding….15
Straws, Stirrers.…86
Toys….30
OCEAN/WATERWAY ACTIVITIES
Bait Containers/Packaging....9
Bleach/Cleaner Bottles....14
Buoys/Floats….9
Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps.…4
Crates….1
Fishing Line....4
Fishing Lures/Light Sticks….5
Fishing Nets.…4
Light Bulbs/Tubes....2
Oil/Lube Bottles....5
Pallets.…1
Plastic Sheeting/Tarps....17
Lengths of Rope.…17
SMOKING-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Cigarettes/Cigarette Filters….300
Cigarette Lighters....16
Cigar Tips.…40
Tobacco Packaging/Wrappers….22
MEDICAL/PERSONAL HYGIENE
Diapers.…1
Tampon Applicators.…52
DUMPING ACTIVITIES
Car Parts.…4
Tire…1
Pieces of Building Materials….30
OTHER DEBRIS ITEMS
Fireworks Casings….8
Metal fence Parts….20
Flag Pole….1
Chair.…1
Dock Sections.…6
Combs….6
Sunglasses.…1
Bottles of Nail Polish.…5
Pens….2
CLEANUP BY BABYLON GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS 2007
The data cards that the students used are the ones distributed by Ocean Conservancy.
The completed and tabulated cards were sent to American Littoral Society as well as the Ocean Conservancy.
JUST THINK, 340 plastic or paper bags...611 Food Wrappers...1655 Cigarette Butts!!! and too much GLASS to count!
Bags (paper or plastic)....340
Balloons.…37
Beverage Bottles (plastic 2 liters or less).…110
Beverage Bottles (glass)....276
Beverage Cans…. 68
Caps, Lids….391
Clothing, Shoes...39
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons….192
Food Wrappers/Containers.…611
Pull Tabs....43
6-Pack Holders.…11
Shotgun Shells & fireworks….45
Straws, Stirrers.…205
Toys….29
Bait Containers/Packaging....6
Bleach/Cleaner Bottles....14
Buoys/Floats….3
Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps.…8
Fishing Line....18
Fishing Lures/Light Sticks….9
Fishing Nets.…4
Light Bulbs/Tubes....2
Oil/Lube Bottles....1
Pallets.…2
Plastic Sheeting/Tarps....50
Lengths of Rope.…73
Strapping Bands….11
Cigarettes/Cigarette Filters….1655
Cigarette Lighters....12
Cigar Tips.…49
Tobacco Packaging/Wrappers….32
Tampon Applicators.…17
Pieces of Building Materials….82
Pieces of Styrofoam….31
Vial of injection medication….1
Great quantities of broken glass
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