Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 17, 2011 – 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 – Matadero Creek @ East Bayshore	52	2.00	250	55
SITE #2: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek @ Middlefield Road	83	2.15	2,025	90
SITE #3: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek @ El Camino Real.	8	0.60	200	40
SITE #4: Palo Alto – Adobe Creek @ East Bayshore Road	23	2.75	200	250
SITE #5: Los Alto – Permanente Creek @ natural creek near St. Francis High School	44	0.75	278	15
SITE #6: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ End of Central Avenue	44	0.75	278	15
SITE #7: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ Moffett Blvd	12	0.38	150	15
SITE #8: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ El Camino Real	16	1.00	600
SITE #9: Alviso – New Chicago Marsh @ Enviromental Education Center	20	1.5	1,400
SITE #10: Sunnyvale – Guadalupe Slough @ Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant	42	2.20	697	90
SITE #11: Milpitas – Lower Penitencia Creek @ Calavaras Blvd	23	2.00	370	150
SITE #12: Cupertino – Stevens Creek @ Reservoir	50	4.00	510
SITE #13: Cupertino – Calabazas Creek & Regnart Creek @ Creekside Park	82	4.00	510	510
SITE # 14: Santa Calra – Saratoga Creek @ Kiely Road	27	0.50	75	15
SITE #15: Santa Clara – Saratoga Creek @ Pruneridge Ave	20	0.50	360	30
SITE #16: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Agnew Rd.	9	0.25	10	5
SITE #17: Santa Clara – Calabazas Creek @ North of Mission College Blvd.	19	1.00	350	200
SITE #18: SSsanta Clara – Saratoga Creek @ El Camino Real	12	0.50	65	25
SITE #19: San Jose – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Williams Road	6	1.50	270	30
SITE #20: San Jose – Guadalope River @ Highway 880	70	0.15	2,000
SITE #21: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek @ Capitol Avenue	60	3.00	1,000	600
SITE #22: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek @ King Road	1	0.50	40
SITE #23: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Santa Clara Street	38	0.13	1,300
SITE #24: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Story Road	24	0.50	1,000
SITE #25: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Park Ave	87	1.00	2,045
SITE #26: San Jose – Calero Creek @ Paved Calero Creek Trail	10	2.19	50	150
SITE #27: San Jose – Thompson Creek @ Aborn Road	10	0.20	930	2
SITE #28: San Jose – Los Alamitos Creek & Harry Road	269	18.00	6,350	4,250
SITE #29: San Jose – Coyote Creek & Cottonwood Lake @ Hellyer Park	64	2.00	215	14
SITE #30: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ West Santa Clara Street	25	1.50	550	150
SITE #31: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Coleman Road	33		400	10
SITE #32: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Bascom Ave.	15	1.00	630	240
SITE #33: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Creekside Way	15	0.11	500	100
SITE #34: Campbell – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Halmiton Ave.	15	0.50	100	2
SITE #35: Los Gatos – Los Gatos Creek @ Roberts Road	96	7.00	325	150
SITE #36: Los Gatos – Los Gatos Creek @ Blossom Valley	29	3.00	50	70
SITE #37: Los Gatos – Los Gatos Creek @ Oka Road	41	2.20	115	30
SITE #38: Morgan Hill – Anderson Lake @ Woodchoopers	7	1.25	400	50
SITE #39: Morgan Hill – Paradise Creek @ Paradise Park	9	2	80	90
SITE #40: Morgan Hill – West Little Llagas Creek @ Cielino Drive	11	1.00	1,350
SITE #41: Gilroy – Uvas Creek @ Highway 101	133	2.10	4,000	50
SITE #42: Gilroy – Coyote Lake @ Santa Teresa	6	0.75	30	10
SITE #43: San Jose – Lexington Reservior @ Homestead	44	1.00	450	35
TOTALS	1639	77.72	32,390	7,773

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Strange and unusual items found include:

unidentified bones, sneakers hanging from a tree, coconut, american flag, big girl’s softball sign , complete snake skin, long pipes, credit card from 2006, metal cover, large foam dice, burned shirt, pie server, hubcap, exercise bike, 4.5 foot plastic doll, complete bbq set, sump pump connector hose, pool toys, hula hoop, shopping cart, dismantled work bench, tablet press from Longs Drugs, stuffed animal toy, car seats, large piece of insulated wire, bike sign on a pole, hat, bicycle, cell phones, tires, sheet metal, chicken wire, basketball hoop, phone book, mattresses, couch, clothes, sleeping bag, old fashion milk jug, chest of drawers, plastic doll, rebar, box spring, mattress, golf cart, fireworks, styrofoam bean bag, handicap sign, old refrigerator, car wheel, hubcap, new iron in a box, drywall, huge industrial raft, axle hub, rake, fence pieces, newcastle beer keg, 10′ long metal railing, chopsticks, small animal cage, box of cornmeal, lawn chair, artificial Christmas tree, live oak high school equipment trunk, PVC pipes, rusty car parts, paddle.

Past Event Type

Coastal Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 09/17/2011 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 09/17/2011 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 09/17/2011 - 12:00

Past Event Title

Saturday, September 17, 2011 – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Past Event Year

2011