March Trash Collection

Hi everyone, sorry for not getting on for so long, but it's been really cold! We managed to get to the lake and clean up some trash a little while ago, and we found some cans, water bottles, and even a boot! My dad is convinced that we have found the other one while we were looking for trash previously. We are going to clean up more frequently, now that it is getting warmer. Here is a picture of the trash we collected!

Fall is Here!

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't posted. But I did pick up some trash while I was gone! My family went to the lake recently and found that the lake is getting more clean. Most of the trash we find is old, not recent, which makes me happy and excited. I also found that it is getting a little more easy to spot the old neglected trash than it was over the summer. Some of the summer/fall vegetation are dying, exposing more trash than before. Not to worry, we are cleaning the trash up pretty efficiently! The picture of the trash is down below!

Neighborhood Trash

A few days ago, my dad was walking our dog in our neighborhood field. I was at home and I got a call from my dad saying that he found a lot of litter and asked me to bring trash bags and our trash collectors to the field. I ran to get there and found that there was a section of the field littered with beer cans. There had to be at least 20 of them! We had to clean them up and bring them home, and put them in our own recycling bin! It was utterly embarrassing but at least our neighborhood is a little cleaner than it was before. We took three pictures, and posted below.

Whole Family Trash Collecting

Today we decided to go to the lake for a stroll and we convinced my mom to come along. So for the first time ever our whole family walked and collected trash together around North Creek lake. We decided to collect around the entry point of the lake. There were lots of rocks around that specific area and we tried to collect while balancing on the rocks. My dad slipped and fell into the water getting himself wet from his waist down. 

We have enclosed two pictures, one with the trash we collected, and the other of my dad's wet clothing :) Let's litter less!

Happy Late July 4th

Happy late 4th of July! Yesterday, my family went around North Creek lake collecting litter. We collected lots of trash and we were shocked at how much trash there was around the lake. I was extremely happy that we were able to collect most of it even though there were lots of plants/thorns along the way, we managed to get a bicycle! I saw that most of the baby ducklings had matured into adults! They were a lot bigger than the last time we saw them. So that is all i have to say so look at the picture below!

Summer Break Collection

Hi everyone! Today we became professionals at trash pick-up by getting great new trash pick-up tools. The tools are trash grabbers and we got 3, one for my dad, my sister, and me. We tested them out today and they worked beautifully! We were able to collect a lot more trash than we normally would have without them. The trash we got was mostly brand-new-freshly littered trash which was pretty disappointing to us. In my opinion it was hard to collect too much trash because of the new vegetation  growing around the lake. Speaking of which, a lot of the vegetation are the lovely milkweed plants, mostly known for attracting butterflies! I am hoping that the next time we go to the lake, it does not have freshly littered trash anywhere close to this time, butterfly population goes up, and there is not as much trash to collect! That's it for me, I hope you enjoy my pictures!

Whetstone Park Trash Pick-Up

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on for a while, but even though I have not posted anything for May does not mean I haven't been collecting trash:) On Memorial weekend, my family visited a different lake! We went to a lake called Whetstone Park which is 3 miles south of my house. It was cleaner than our usual lake, North Creek. We picked up some pieces of trash, and saw a tire as well.  We could not collect it.  Maybe next time with the right tool... A funny thing was that there were lots of turtles at that particular lake :). We even took a picture.... Hope you enjoy it!