Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 19, 2009 – 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 @ Alma	20	0.13	68	25
SITE #2: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek @ Middlefield Rd.	207	2.95	3050	300
SITE #3: Palo Alto – Adobe and Matadero Creeks	23	1.00	250	100
SITE #4: Palo Alto – Adobe & Barron Creek	35	0.95	400	110
SITE #5: Mountain View – Permanente Creek @ Rock St.	81	2.50	550	300
SITE #6: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ El Camino Real	35	1.00	840	10
SITE #7: Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale West Channel	14	2.00	10	2
SITE #8: Sunnyvale – Guadalupe Slough	45	1.30	675	103
SITE #9: Milpitas – Coyote Creek @ McCarthy Blvd.	46	0.50	336	100
SITE #10: Cupertino – Stevens Creek	60	2.00	900	100
SITE #11: Cupertino – Calabazas & Regnart Creeks	104	2.50	195	80
SITE #12: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Monroe St.	5	0.50	210	NA
SITE # 13: San Jose – Saratoga Creek @ Prospect Rd.	43	1.70	280	NA
SITE #14: San Jose – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Williams Rd.	9	1.50	240	140
SITE #15: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Coleman Ave.	18	0.50	600	20
SITE #16: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek @ Capitol Ave.	75	0.50	500	NA
SITE #17: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Coleman Ave.	25	1.50	900	NA
SITE #18: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Sant Clara St.	41	1.50	1454	256
SITE #19: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ San Fernando	89	1.50	4440	NA
SITE #20: San Jose – Canoas Creek @ Blossom Ave.	30	1.40	570	38
SITE #21: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Hellyer Park	160	5.00	2200	300
SITE #22: San Jose – Los Alamitos Cree	61	4.00	800	4000
SITE #23: San Jose – Calero Creek	20	2.00	200	150
SITE #24: Campbell – San Tomas Aqunio Creek @ Silacci Drive	27	0.50	50	10
SITE #25: Campbell – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Westmont High School	11	1.00	330	90
SITE #26: Los Gatos – Los Gatos Creek	48	9.00	185	50
SITE #27: Los Gatos – Vasona Lake Park	50	5.00	100	100
SITE # 28: Los Gatos – Lexington Reservoir	42	0.50	540	600
SITE #29: Morgan Hill – Coyote Creek	22	0.25	300	45
SITE # 30: Morgan Hill – Chesbro Reservoir	5	2.00	1160	350
SITE #31 – Morgan Hill – West Little Llagas Creek	35	2.00	840	120
SITE #32 – Gilroy – West Branch Llagas Creek	17	1.00	150	300
SITE #33 – Gilroy – Uvas Creek	50	2.30	160	50
SITE #34 – Sunnyvale – Stevens Creek	33	2.00	500	50
SITE #35 – Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Scott Blvd.	9	2.00	76	NA
TOTALS	1486	56.68	23,173	7499

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Strange and unusual items found include:

patio rocking chair, car seats, Ikea shopping cart, playschool desk & fridge, couch, bikes, basketball, rubber duck, kid’s backpack with homework, arrow, electric razor, propane tank, 20′ rebar, 24″ TV, EPT pregnancy test, fishing pole, venitian blinds, roof shingles, home propane tank, street signs, BBQ grill, umbrella, humidifier, skis, muffler, car transmission, fire hydrant, plastic chair, baby swimming pool, rubber snake, mattress, berry boxes, crack pipe, powerful magnet, CO2 refill canister, bikes, half a plastic race car, sandbox, cow bone, doll head, bird house, legos, stroller, tires, car batteries, toy car, tricycle, erlenmeyer flask, baby stroller, spiderman mask, phone, reflective light, bicycle chain, large PVC pipe, ski, propane torch, Safeway shopping cart, socks, turtle shell, bowling ball, bra, car tire, hula-hoop, car fender, baby stroller, bike sprocket, 6-ft long fluorescent bulb, tires, bike, large 5-ft long pipe, snow sled, boomerang, mattress, and a 20 pound metal pipe.

Past Event Type

Coastal Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:00

Past Event Title

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

Past Event Year

2009