"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
A whale was breaching out at sea while three of us quietly set up our cleanup site. Little did we know how many people were about to suddenly arrive. Thus, my thanks to Joe Recto and Chris Burr who helped me get everyone registered. Pretty soon, we read the Dolphin pledge together and got to work in teams in record time. Our […]
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Partnering with Terracycle Several regular Mussel Rock stars came out to cleanup at the car park, along the roads and in the wilderness: Joe, Terri, Jeff, Paxton, Chris, Julie, Nick and Jane. Newbies, including a mom and her two sons visiting the area also spontaneously helped us; the mom wanted her children to learn why we pick up trash. A […]
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188 Pounds of Trash from August 2017 Pillar Point Beach Cleanup What a great day at Pillar Point Beach Cleanup! Site captains Ryan and Valerie help take care of the 60 volunteers who came for our August beach cleanup and together we removed 188 pounds of trash from our Ocean, including 38 pounds of recycle. We counted 547 cigarette butts […]
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2,000 pounds of Dried Weeds Removed Beach Cleanup Results – 12 pounds of Trash, 9 pounds of Recycling, 5 pounds of Rigid Plastic, 326 Cigarette Butts – (boo hoo), 6 pair of shoes, several ropes, 3 surf leashes, beach toys, a volleyball, boxer shorts and too many pieces of plastic to count… Habitat Restoration Results – Approx 2,000 pounds of […]
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We were a small but determined team today, with representatives from drinkpath.com showing up to tell us about their new product – reusable aluminum bottles already filled with water (an alternative to throw-away plastic water bottles). Two volunteers cleaned San Pedro Avenue, and another came from Esplanade to be sure her haul of 400 cigarette butts was counted. The PBC […]
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Yes, we won this year Envirotoken AGAIN at the New Leaf in Half Moon Bay! What Are Envirotoken? Reminder: Whenever you reuse a grocery bag at New Leaf, you receive a 10¢ Envirotoken to donate to the non-profit of your choice. At the request of longtime customer, Ron Goodman, New Leaf started the Envirotoken program in 1993 with a […]
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323,712 Cigarette Butts Removed from the Landfill! Hey volunteers! This is a quick note to thank you for all of the cigarette butts you’ve collected during our beach cleanups and habitat restoration events and turned in. We just mailed another 3000+ to TerraCycle. Since Helen started collecting them in 2013/2014 we’ve recycled 323,712 filters to date keeping them from the […]
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We had such a great attendance last year that we decided to organize a similar event but this time we will also talk about the Dolphins – PBC’s Animal Honoree of the year. So join us this year again for this free and very educational event to learn about our local friends whales and dolphins! Click Here to Save Your […]
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What an incredible day. Last Saturday was almost like an Earth Day or Coastal Cleanup Day type of beach cleanup! We had an incredible turnout: 72 volunteers; and we picked up so much trash: 516 lbs. These 516 pounds included 70 lbs of recycle, 4 large tires, one 20 lbs blankets, a long plastic tube, metal grills and other indescribable […]
Read moreClick on the image below to download the official California Coastal Cleanup Day posters and postcards 2017. There is an English and Spanish version.
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