We collected marine plastics debris for two months to have our 1000 lb. sample. Even Oceanna helped with the collection.
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1041 lost soles were collected out of our nesting area for the Lance Ferris Challenge. We could all stand to do some sole searching. I stated that I could probably find 1000 shoes in our nesting area, love it when i'm right.
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| Item List from STF Lance Ferris Challange Collected November 2007 - March 2008 Item Number of items Bottles Beverage 2596 Medical 172 Toiletry 396 Oil Industry 96 Cooking Oil 23 Bleach 22 Glass 35 Beer Cans 374 6pack rings 7 Bottle Caps 1295 Total bottles : 3714 Shoes (lost souls) 1039 Styra- foam small 1030 Styra- foam Large 13 Straws 244 Plastic Chunks small 4794 Plastic Chunks large 233 Total chunks: 5027 Mono-filiment balls 235 Nylon 41 Tooth paste 6 Tooth brush 30 Comb 20 Razor 16 Inhalers 2 Hypo-dermics 21 |
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Bags 361 Tin Cans 214
Lighters 38 Forks 27 Spoons 29 Knives 2 Bike Tires 2 Bike Seats 2 Gloves 2 Paint Brushes 10 Pozuelo Hat 1 Metal oil Filter 1 Foam oil Filter 1 WD-40 1 Sunglasses 2 Flashlight 8 Pushbroom 11 Baby Bottles 2 Daipers 4 Underwear 3 Light Bulbs 3 Camera 1 Toys 44 Machete 2 Sponge 1 Sieve 2 Toilet Seat 1 Surfboard 1 Balloon 1 Total Items Collected 13,554
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The top of my list for items I hate on the beach.
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Sorting was done at daylight, after our marine turtle protection patrols were done and all volunteer time. It took us 11 days of sorting to itemize our sample, it is around 90 in the shade by 9am. The Boyz were not to happy about it but Lance gave us the added inspriation we needed to accomplish the task.
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The volume of plastics entering our environment is overwhelming at this point, many forms of wildlife will be effected if nothing is done to clean up this mess.
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The marine environment is becoming a plastics disaster!
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