Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

National River Cleanup Day

Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 9 a.m. – Noon

Event Date	Number of People	Distance Cleaned (Miles)	Weight of Trash Collected	Weight of Recyclables Collected
SITE # 1: San Jose – Ross Creek	3	0.75	25	-
SITE # 2: – San Jose – Guadalupe Reservoir	5	1	120	-
SITE # 3: San Jose – Coyote Creek	15	1.5	360	30
SITE # 4: San Jose – Berryessa Creek	12	2	12	-
SITE # 6: San Jose – Lower Silver Creek	1	0.5	60	-
SITE # 7: San Jose – Penitencia Creek	12	1	350	575
SITE # 8: San Jose – Guadalupe River	17	1	860	176
SITE # 9: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek	20	1	325	-
SITE #10: Morgan Hill – West Little Llagas Creek	10	1	243	20
SITE # 11: Gilroy – Uvas Creek	42	2.7	86	17
SITE # 12: San Jose – Coyote Creek	20	1	155	-
SITE # 13: Mountain View – Stevens Creek	27	1.67	225	25
SITE # 14: Mountain View – Stevens Creek	25	1.5	300	50
SITE # 15: Palo Alto – Matadero Creek	11	2	70	30
SITE # 16: San Jose – Guadalupe River	6	1.25	61.3	-
SITE # 17: San Jose – Guadalupe River	19	1	1000	-
SITE # 19: Gilroy – West Branch Llagas Creek
SITE # 20: Los Gatos – Los Gatos Creek	18	2.6	600	150
SITE # 21: San Jose – Guadalupe River	18	0.75	540.74	-
SITE # 22: Milpitas – Coyote Creek	12	0.25	388	5
SITE # 23: Palo Alto – Adobe Creek	11	3	210	90
Site # 24: San Jose – Coyote Creek	28	0.25	5940	-
SITE # 26: San Jose – San Tomas Aquino Creek	4	0.75	20	-
SITE # 27: Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale East Channel	10	1	90	10
SITE # 28: Santa Clara – Guadalupe River	10	0.5	700
SITE # 29: San Jose – Guadalupe River	17	1	461	-
SITE # 30: Santa Clara – Saratoga Creek	7	1.2	128	-
SITE # 31: Los Altos – Permanente Diversion Channel	6	0.5	4.71	17
SITE # 32: Los Altos – Adobe Creek	6	0.5	17.1	3.61
SITE # 34: Santa Clara – Calabazas Creek	14	2	664	-
SITE # 35: Cupertino – Regnart Creek	67	3	240	130.5
SITE # 36: Alviso – Guadalupe River	10	0.5	260	30
SITE # 37: Milpitas – Coyote Creek	18	1	10
SITE # 38: Milpitas – Coyote Creek	18	0.5	30	10
SITE # 40: Morgan Hill – Uvas Reservoir County Park	8	2	65	5
SITE # 41: San Jose – Calero County Park	31	1.71	300	-
SITE # 42: Cupertino – Stevens Creek County Park	24	3.5	180	96
SITE # 43: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek	17	2	125.17	30
SITE # 45: San Jose – Guadalupe River	19	1	1000	-
SITE # 46: San Jose – Los Gatos Creek	32	0.04	4220	-
SITE # 47: San Jose – Los Gatos Creek	15	0.04	4520	-
SITE # 48: San Jose – Los Gatos Creek	10	0.04	3980	-
SITE # 50: Morgan Hill – Little Llagas Creek	1	0.04	35	-
TOTALS	676	50.54	28,981.02	1500.11

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Strange and unusual items found include:

A dollar bill, play structure, a safe, shopping cart, bench, sofa, a single ski, ladder, golf club, paint bucket, mattress, alcohol bottles, netting, tire, clothing, mini grill, machete, bike frame, ironing board, couch cushion, cowboy boots, wheelchair, a bed spring, door knob, iPhone, target cart, trash bin, car shade, rusty bike, tv, dvd players, bike, bike frame, mattresses, shopping cart, really old taco bell sauce packet, necklace, RC helicopter, walkie talkie, dock floats, cup of noodles, large wooden doors, washing machine, gas tank, basket, chair, lumber, car parts, botts’ dots, camo Easter egg, water heater, toy car, skateboard, shoes, red sled, Netgear router, concrete filled tire.

Past Event Type

National River Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 05/20/2023 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 05/20/2023 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 05/20/2023 - 12:00

Past Event Title

Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 9 a.m. – Noon

Past Event Year

2023