Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 20, 2008 – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Event Date	Number of People	Distance Cleaned (Miles)	Weight of Trash Collected	Weight of Recyclables Collected
SITE #1: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek	300	2	5000	300
SITE #2: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek	24	.125	400	75
SITE #3: Palo Alto – Adobe Creek & Barron Creek	55	2.5	1600	700
SITE #4: Mountain View – Permanente Creek	36	1	350	200
SITE #5: Mountain View – Stevens Creek	30	1	1220	100
SITE #6: Alviso – Alviso Marina	26	.250	1500	50
SITE #7: Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale West Channel & Guadalupe Slough	43	1	1875	65
SITE #8: Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale West Channel	27	n/a	300	15
SITE #9: Cupertino – Stevens Creek Dam	74	2.5	2000	700
SITE #10: Cupertino – Calabazas Creek	74	2	300	78
SITE #11: Los Gatos – Vasona Lake County Park	170	5	300	200
SITE #12: Los Gatos – Lexington Reservior	120	1	1600	200
SITE #13: Campbell/Saratoga – Saratoga Creek & Wildwood Park	16	1	120	170
SITE #14: San Jose – San Tomas Creek	6	2	300	120
SITE #15: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek	40	.250	400	300
SITE #16: San Jose – Coyote Creek	42	1.5	3000	30
SITE #17: San Jose – Coyote Creek	20	0	100	0
SITE #18: San Jose – Guadalupe River at Discovery Meadow	272	3	1800	500
SITE #19: San Jose – Coyote Creek	30	.125	3000	100
SITE #20: San Jose – Silver Creek	47	.750	600	300
SITE #21: San Jose – Guadalupe River	65	0.5	2300	0
SITE #22: San Jose – Coyote Creek	112	2	10511	10099
SITE #23: San Jose – Los Alamitos Creek	90	4	54000	12000
SITE #24: Morgan Hill – Chesbro Reservior	18	2	1830	0
SITE #25: Gilroy – Coyote Reservoir	15	1	150	0
SITE #26: Gilroy – Uvas Creek	61	2.3	1100	25
TOTALS	1331	38.8	95656	16327

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Strange and unusual items found include:

Rattlesnake in a couch, car bumper, boat battery, car exhaust, ping pong balls, 253 tennis balls, Bob Marley tapestry, wicker chair, triple beam scale, bowling pin, fire extinguisher, homemade rocket, dollar bill, valid credit/debit card, auto front end, stroller, bed spring, bowling ball, part of engine block, coconut, computer monitor, bag of dead bat rays, refrigerator

Past Event Type

Coastal Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 09/20/2008 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 09/20/2008 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 09/20/2008 - 12:00

Past Event Title

Saturday, September 20, 2008 – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Past Event Year

2008