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Yolo County Creek cleanup day to keep trash from flowing to the sea

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 31, 2009 at 12:50 pm

From The Davis Enterprise:

“The largest landfill in the world is not, in fact, on land. It floats in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Western Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, is twice the size of Texas. Ninety percent of the patch is floating plastic.

What’s a local, community-minded person to do? Libby Earthman, executive director of the Putah Creek Council, says volunteering for the Yolo County Creek Cleanup — on Saturday, Sept. 19 — is a great place to start. “We encourage people of all ages and abilities to come out to our waterways and help pick up trash,” she said in a news release. “It’s something tangible that people can do to learn about how little things they do affect life downstream.”

While some of the trash found in local waterways is illegally dumped there, much of it makes its way into creeks by way of stormwater drains. “When you see a piece of trash in the gutter, floating toward a drain, most people assume that the water and floating trash are heading to the water treatment plant. They are not. They drain directly into creeks, or in Davis, into stormwater collection ponds,” Earthman said. …”

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August 31, 2009 · Filed Under Pacific Ocean Garbage Dump

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