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What the Tide Brought In...

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

Friday, July 3, 2009

Peconic Baykeeper Cleanup, East Quogue





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More from the bay cleanup


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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Educate yourself about balloons!

Please visit http://realmama.org/archives-earth/07_spr_balloons.php for information about how harmful balloons are to the environment!
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Note - putting a coffee cup behind the fence near the trash can doesn't mean you threw it away

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The plastics we pick up get recycled

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Educate yourself about homemade cleaning products - use less packaging

Please visit http://www.care2.com/greenliving/make-your-own-non-toxic-cleaning-kit.html to find recipes for making your own eco-friendly cleaning products!
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Trash gets blown across the dune fencing, too

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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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