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What the Tide Brought In...

A Daily Collection of Garbage Washed Ashore on New York's Southampton Beach

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tangled up in the seaweed

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Hey, dog owners - this is for you!

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Small things hard to see: cigarette filters, Tiparillo tips, bottle caps, pieces of styrofoam

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Found along the high tide line

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

How does the sun affect the plastics?

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Can I get you a beer?

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tennis, anyone?

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Why are there so many balloons?

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Message in a bottle

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Monday, June 22, 2009

There is usually at least one water bottle

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

If the shoe fits









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Saturday, June 20, 2009

A storm brings up big objects


















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the beautiful beach

the beautiful beach

WELCOME

When I am out in Southampton, every morning I take a walk on the beach.  Last year, I started picking up trash, and this year I am posting these photos in order to share them with you.

Picking up trash has been enlightening and gratifying.  I am heartened by President Obama's call for volunteerism and I hope to inspire others to clean up their beaches and neighborhoods.


Some of my favorite eco-blogs

  • 365 Days of Trash
  • Real Mama
  • Tree Hugging Family

Some of my favorite eco web sites

  • Central Park Conservancy
  • Coastal Steward
  • Conservation International
  • Green Zinc
  • Group for the East End
  • Lower East Side Ecology Center
  • Nature Conservancy
  • New York Restoration Project (Bette Midler)
  • Ocean Conservancy
  • Oceana
  • Peconic Baykeeper
  • Save the Bay
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • The 350 Climate Advocacy Institute
  • Water Charity

Links to amazing and talented friends

  • A Total Health for Life
  • Erene, Singer-Songwriter
  • High Vibe
  • Kirsten Agresta
  • Marc Copely
  • Marjorie Nass
  • Sean's Food
  • SnapDragon Consultants

Products we love!

  • Bamboo to-go ware
  • Rascodog
  • Reusable bags

National Public Lands Day!

  • A Saturday afternoon in September
  • Clean and Green Swindler Cove Park in NYC - Every first and third Sunday through October
  • Central Park Conservancy Pitch In, Pick Up - Ongoing

news

  • Two of Southampton's beaches are in the country's top five - from Southampton Press
  • N.J. beach 'Dirty Dozen' report is topped by water bottles, caps - Newark Star-Ledger
  • Recycling Discarded Flip Flops - from nytimes.com
  • Environmental crews keep N.J.'s beaches clean - from NorthJersey.com

Please send pictures of your trash cleanup!

Thank you for visiting the site.  Many of you have told me about your own cleanup experiences.  Please take a picture and send it to sweptashore@hotmail.com.  I will gladly post it on the blog!  Please include location and any other information you would like to provide about your picture.  

Or send news and events and we will post those as well!

Special Thanks

Thank you to Kevin Byrne, who separates the beach trash that we pick up and recycles the plastics and other items.

The town of Southampton has an extensive recycling and trash pickup program.  You can learn more about it by copying and pasting this into your web browser:  http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/listing.ihtml?cat=Public%20Works&id=79.  

Note - all writings and photographs published here are copyright of the authors/photographers of this blog.  

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      • Tangled up in the seaweed
      • Hey, dog owners - this is for you!
      • Small things hard to see: cigarette filters, Tipa...
      • Found along the high tide line
      • How does the sun affect the plastics?
      • Can I get you a beer?
      • Tennis, anyone?
      • Why are there so many balloons?
      • Message in a bottle
      • There is usually at least one water bottle
      • If the shoe fits
      • A storm brings up big objects