Adopt-a-Beach Program Review

Bill HartBill HartColleen CanfieldColleen CanfieldSherry JohnsonSherry Johnson

Introduction

• San Clemente Watershed Task Force– Founded in 2005 by Stephanie Dorey– Need for coordination and communication

amongst various coastal stakeholders• City staff and council members• Coastal Advisory Committee• Non-profits• Concerned citizens

– Monthly meetings

Activities and Programs

• Outreach and Fundraising• Citizen and Business Recognition• Earth Day• Bulky item collection• Adopt-a-Beach

Adopt-a-Beach Overview

• Beach/trail divided into 200 foot sections• Adopt-a-Beach Teams commit to:– Clean up their section at least twice/month– Record what was collected on data sheet– Forward data sheet to Program Manager– Multiple teams can share a section

• Program Manager shares results– Web blog published monthly

Monthly Report (1)

Monthly Report (2)

Monthly Report (3)

2008 Results

• Record number of cleanups– 947 clean ups– 517 bagfuls– 261 five gallon bucketfuls– 537 hours– 15.5 average teams/month

Trash volume

• 17,950 plastic*• 1,505 glass• 1,763 cans• 27,593 cigarette butts*• 68 animal waste• 9,001 straws• 30,773 styrofoam*• 11,628 paper• 3,700 ballons

* Notations include “lots”, “too numerous to count”, or “pieces too small to count

103,981 103,981 Pieces of Pieces of debris in debris in

nine nine months! months!

84%84%

Big offenders

Changing of the Guard

• Sherry Johnson– Outgoing Program Manager

• Colleen Canfield– New Program Manager

• Adopt-a-Beach Kickoff and Team Party– Many thanks to our volunteers!!!

City Council Meeting last Tuesday

537 hours of cleanup @ $10/hr min. wage537 X $10 = $5,370

30,773 pieces of EPS @ 20 pieces/cup30,773/20 => 1539 cups

Cost per cup to remove from beach$5,370/1539 = $3.49 per cup

Even at minimum wage the social cost ofpicking up a single cup is very expensive

Q & A

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