September 28, 2010

Very little litter in the bushes or on the lawn. Though enough small pieces hidden among leaves.

 Found among the leaves a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years.

 Found in the grass a candy wrapper. Tiem to degrade 100 years?

 Found among the leaves a piece of tissue. Time to degrade 1 year?

Found among the leaves small straw wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

 Found on the side of the road a piece of balloon. Time to degrade 100 years?

 Found among the leaves a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

 Found in the grass a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found in the grass a tissue. Time to degrade 2 years?

September 27, 2010

Day 13. A good day!  This section had a lawn on one side and bushes on the other. The little  amount of litter on the lawn as well as in the bushes was caused by the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup team, who comb this section a few days ago.

Found among the dead leaves a plastic bottle cap. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found on the ground  a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 1 year?

Found on the lawn a part of a balloon.  Time to degrade 50 years?

Found among the leaves a piece of aluminum foil. Time to degrade never.

Found on the grass a piece of plastic cup. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found in the grass a piece of aluminum wrapping. Time to degrade never.

Found in hidden in the grass a piece of ribbon. Time to degrade never?

Found on the road a piece of fabric. I think it's fake leather. Time to degrade 500 years?

September 24, 2010

Today on the island Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. A lot of people were walking around with garbage bags and cloves on. Some where logging the litter they found. It's a great initiative and a lot of help. BUT how can habits of littering be changed? How can landscape design prevent littering? How can garbage can design prevent, racoones, seagulls, and the wind scattering the litter? This is a project I envision working on. Who knows it might happen..
Monday I will do day 13 of the clean up.

September 23, 2010

The section today was along side a frisbee golf course. There was patches of tall grass, bushes and trees. About a meter in from the road the grass is cut regularly. On first sight this section looked 'clean' only a few pieces, clearly blown there by the wind. But this was just a facade, in the bushes , among the tall grass, under the trees, hidden were cans, water bottles, plastic bags and diapers. Most of the stuff clearly thrown or purposely forgotten, left for generation to come.

Found stuck on the road a piece of tin foil. Time to degrade never, but then the road will never degrade too.

Found beside the road a piece of paper. Time to degrade 6 months?

Found in the grass a piece of paper. Time to degrade 6 months?

Found on the side of the road. A small ketchup container made of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found in the tall grass a drink container made of aluminum. Time to degrade never.

Found stuck to the road a small label made of paper. Time to degrade 4 months?

Found in the tall grass a tissue. Time to degrade 6 months.

Found on the road a piece of tissue paper. Time to degrade 5 months.

September 22, 2010

My goal was to comb a meter on either side of the road. The restriction is needed because of the endless the amount of litter under bushes and trees. I could spend hours on one stretch.  Today, a stretch with on one side lawn on the other side a meter of lawn and then bushes. On the grass part of both side the usual small piece of litter, inbetween the bushes allot more. The night was windy and the bushes act as litter catchers..

Found in the grass a small piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found in the grass a tie wrap. Time to degrade never 500 years for plastic and the metal inside will rust eventually.

Found in the grass a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found under the grass a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found in the grass a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

Found among the dead leaves a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found among the dead leaves a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 10 years.

Found in the grass a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years?

September 21, 2010

 Day 10 and only 40 meters done. After a warm weekend , lots of tourists, the summer season over, parks workers laid off for the winter. Cut backs and no one to clean up. The stretch has, a garden , washrooms, and fast food outlets. It's a busy spot where people gather, wait, eat, buy. There is so much to pick up, small litter, tiny bits barely visible, lots of tissues, fast food packaging. 

Found on the lawn a straw wrapper. There were allot of these. Time to degrade 50 years?

Found among the chip wound in the flower garden a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 75 years?

 Found among the plants in the flower garden, A candy wrapper. Time to  degrade 20 years?

Found in a puddle under a water fountain a straw. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found on the cement path a tea bag. Time to degrade maybe a year, but the staple will never degrade.

Found on the cement pavement a piece of in foil. Time to degrade never.

Found among the branches of a spruce tree a candy wrapper. Made of tine foil and paper. Time to degrade never.

Found on  the edge of the cement pavement a piece of plastic. Tiem to degrade 50 years.

September 19, 2010

This section had on one side beach and on the other lawn. Beach season is over, the litter left is mostly small stuff , half buried in the sand. Though under the few trees where bikes are parked there was more litter. The lawn was scattered with plastic protection sleeves for straws, forgotten by the audience cheering on the runners participating in the Long Boat race, held in the morning.

 Found on the lawn a plastic protection sleeve for a straw. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found on the beach a piece of toilet  paper. Time to degrade 1 year?

Found on the beach a plastic wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found on the beach a larger grumbled up piece of tissue. Time to degrade 20 years?

Found on the beach a lid of a pop/beer can. Time to degrade never.

Found on the beach a piece of a balloon. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found on the lawn a wrapper made of paper. Time  to degrade 1 year?

Found stuck in the bark of a tree on the edge of the beach a plastic top of a bottle. Time to degrade 500 years?

September 18, 2010

Depressing litter gathering day. In between the pine trees that are between the beach and the road a lot of litter. One wonders with all the garbage cans on the beach. Why? Some plastics have clearly been there for years. No heavy litter like cans and bottles, but wrappers and plastic bags, stuff the wind has blown away, coming to rest among the pine needles and the grasses.

Found by the beach a piece of plastic . Time to degrade 500 years?

Found among the grasses by the beach a piece of plastic. Looks like it has been there awhile. Time to degrade 500 years.

Found between the beach and the road a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years.

Found among hte tall grass a wrapper. Made out of plastic and paper. Time to degrade 10 years?

Found among the pine needles a candy wrapper. Time to degrade 100 years?

Found under a tree a piece of plastic. Time to degrade 500 years.

Found buried in the sand on the edge of the beach wrapper made of paper?
Time to degrade 50 years?

Found among the pine needles a piece of plastic time to degrade 500 years?