Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

National River Cleanup Day

Saturday, May 15, 2010 – 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	17	0.125	553	26
SITE #2: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek @ Middlefield Rd.	30	1.940	2,500	5
SITE #3: Palo Alto – Matadero Creek @ E. Bayshore Rd.	15	1.5	450	30
SITE #4: Palo Alto – Adobe Creek @ East Meadow Dr.	29	2.5	500	575
SITE #5: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ La Avenida	49	1	750	120
SITE #6: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ Moffet Blvd.	5	0.3	230	65
SITE #7: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ El Camino Real	16	1	600	400
SITE #8: Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale West Channel @ Mathilda	10	3	90	5
SITE #9: Sunnyvale East Channel & Calbazas Creek @ HWy 237	30	1.6	440	53
SITE #10: Cupertino – Stevens Creek @ dam	46	2	350	70
SITE #11: Cupertino – Calbazas Creek @ Creekside Park to Miller Ave.	56	2	150	225
SITE #12: Cupertino – Regnart Creek @ Blaney Ave.	110	0.5	20	15
SITE # 13: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek – Great America Pkwy	40	1	375	25
SITE #14: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Monroe	35	0.5	600	15
SITE #15: Santa Clara – Saratoga Creek @ El Camino Real	26	0.406	840	30
SITE #16: San Jose – Saratoga Creek @ Kosich Dr.	30	1.5	50	10
SITE #17: San Jose – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Williams Rd.	14	2	50	10
SITE #18: San Jose – Guadalupe (East Bank) – 880 to 101	12	0.5	830	280
SITE #19: San Jose – Guadalupe (West Bank) – 880 to 101	35	0.5	2,000	2,000
SITE #20: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Coleman Ave.	30	2	2,250	n/a
SITE #21: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek @ Capitol Ave.	30	0.5	500	200
SITE #22: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ W. Santa Clara St.	30	1	300	75
SITE #23: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Santa Clara St.	26	0.25	1,045	185
SITE #24: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ San Carlos	10	0.34	400	40
SITE #25: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Hellyer Park to Metcalf Rd.	70	5	1,160	75
SITE #26: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Blossom Hill Rd.	32	0.6	600	400
SITE #27: San Jose – Los Alamitos Creek @ McKean Rd.	55	4	7,200	900
SITE # 28: Campbell – San Tomas Creek @ Hamilton Ave.	13	0.5	165	5
SITE #29: Campbell – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Silacci Dr.	15	1	50	50
SITE # 30: San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Westomont Ave.	16	0.38	250	50
SITE #31: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ 1250 Dell Ave. to Campbell Ave.	75	22	700	180
SITE #32: Gilroy – Uvas Creek @ Santa Teresa	30	3	1,100	100
SITE #33: Morgan Hill – Chsbro Reservoir	3	1.5	50	5
SITE #34: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Julian St.	28	0.5	1,500	n/a
TOTALS	1,068	66.441	29,098	6,394

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Strange and unusual items found include:

Novel, futon, downspout, fire extinguishers, computer monitors, tires, spear, medicine ball, child’s chalkboard easel, comforter, carseat, speed measuring baseball, microwave ovens, shopping carts, tent, sleeping bag, chairs, circuit board, garbage disposal unit, duck decoy, BBQ, car axle, bike wheel, child’s scooter, construction debris, golf balls, yield sign, airgun, dog house, pool cover roll up bar, lamp, chunks of metal, bicycle, canibus cards, liquor bottle, beaded curtain, Coach purse, reflective road marker, fan propeller, packed suitcase, recycling bins, bed, dentures, credit card, Harley Davidson chain guard, bicycle brake cables, shoe, ladder, fishing lines, squirrel bait station, TV, syringe inside vodka bottle.

Past Event Type

National River Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 12:00

Past Event Title

Saturday, May 15, 2010 – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Past Event Year

2010