Knee Deep
We were delighted to attend OPIRG’s Speed River Cleanup this afternoon. Thank you to the organizers, and to everyone who worked the shoreline.
The kid and I wore waders and rubber boots, which let us leave the bank and clean the middle of the river. Out there most of the debris was underwater: brooms, scrap metal, discarded underwear, a couple of duvets and a lot of plastic. Waterlogged duvets are quite a bit of work to drag out. Between the two of us it came to over 15 kg, dry weight.
The find of the day was a torch lighter wrapped in a grinning reaper, a couple of weeks early for Halloween. Trash is scary.
Here’s a quick video of our cleanup:
3
Bags
15 kg
Debris
25Items Recycled (10 bottles, 15 cans)
3
Hrs
Notable Finds
Mixed debris (duvets, brooms, grim reaper torch, scrap metal): 15 kg
Wildlife Observed
Migrating Canada Geese