Anne JeffersonMay 6, 2023
Our family participated in our first #GreenUpDay, a #Vermont tradition. We picked up #litter in our neighborhood park and stream, both of which were already very clean. Our haul was mostly #plastic, with the most common items being cigarette #butts and #wrappers. Our biggest retrieval was this #bike frame, but I had to leave behind several large items partially buried in rocks and sediment in the streambed and a #tire with a tree growing through it. #GreenUp #PlasticPollution #TrashyStreams
Show threadAnne JeffersonMay 6, 2023
Despite a #Vermont statewide ban on #plastic #bags and single-use #styrofoam, I still picked up both. The bag was of course wrapped around some branches in the #stream, while the very fresh looking styrofoam may have come from a cooler and was busy creating secondary #microplastics along the edge of the parking lot. #GreenUpDay #litter #PlasticPollution #TrashyStreams
Show threadnackmackMay 12, 2023

@annejefferson

Thank you for your hard work! Our team cleaned around a bridge over the Winooski and we only found a plastic bag in the form of a pack-up that hadn't been packed-out. The ban has definitely decreased the amount of plastic I've found on #GreenUpDay and other trash clearing activities. As depressing as it can be to still find these forms of litter, at least we know that we will find less over time and clearing it now means it won't be there later!

Show threadAnne JeffersonMay 12, 2023
@circuitsunfish Thank you too! And yes, I should have emphasized how much less plastic I found than I have in my #TrashyStreams work in other states. Appreciating #Vermont's commitment to the #environment. A big part of why I moved here.
Show threadnackmackMay 12, 2023

@annejefferson

Oh I can imagine that you must find so much more. There's always another thing to pick up anywhere- even here in VT.

I'm new to masto and I am just discovering all kinds of cool people on here. That's how I found you and your work!

Loving going through your #TrashyStreams tag and I'm going to check out the recording from that talk you gave in Nov.

Show threadAnne Jefferson
@circuitsunfish Welcome! thanks for connecting!
May 12, 2023 at 4:16pmWeb