Environmental Cleanup: Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 9 a.m. – Noon

Event Date	Number of People	Distance Cleaned (Miles)	Weight of Trash Collected	Weight of Recyclables Collected
SITE # 1: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Bascom Ave	19	.50	2500	n/a
SITE # 2: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Campbell Ave	17	.10	800	n/a
SITE # 3: Cupertino – Calabazas Creek @ Creekside Park	50	2	80	30
SITE # 4: Gilroy – Uvas Creek @ Luchessa Ave	78	4.2	2000	115
SITE # 5: Los Altos – Permanente Creek @ Heritage Oaks Park	25	1	11	12
SITE # 6: Gilroy – Coyote Lake @ Launch Ramp	23	.25	50	30
SITE # 7: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Grant Ave	30	.50	360	30
SITE # 8: Los Gatos –Los Gatos Creek @ Lexington	9	2	360	20
SITE # 9: Cupertino – Stevens Creek Reservoir @ Reservoir	77	5	550	n/a
SITE # 10: Los Gatos – Vasona Lake @ Roberts Rd	82	7	175	75
SITE # 11: Milpitas – Sandy Wool Lake @ Calaveras Rd	54	2	2500	150
SITE # 12: Milpitas – Berryessa and Tularcitos Creek Confluence @ Santa Rita Dr	27	.28	200	15
SITE # 13: Milpitas – Coyote Creek @ SR237	29	.23	520	280
SITE # 14: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Creekside Way	15	.35	115	20
SITE # 15: Morgan Hill – Coyote Creek @ Cochrane Bridge	14	2	600	n/a
SITE # 16: Morgan Hill – West Little Llagas Creek @ Edmundson Ave	52	1	402	57
SITE # 17: Mountain View – Shoreline Retention Basin	30	1	200	50
SITE # 18: Mountain View – Stevens Creek @ Dana St.	30	3	1200	150
SITE # 19: Palo Alto – Matadero Creek @ Trail	15	1.5	140	15
SITE # 20: Palo Alto – Adobe Creek @ E. Bayshore Rd	16	.5	90	60
SITE # 21: Palo Alto – San Francisquito Creek @ El Palo Alto Park	59	1.3	1350	375
SITE # 22: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Watson Park	23	.25	500	25
SITE # 23: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Capitol Expressway	11	.20	2000	n/a
Site # 24: San Jose – Los Gatos Creek @ Auzerais Ave	31	.25	2500	n/a
SITE # 25: San Jose – Guadalupe Trail @ Coleman Rd	50	.75	118.5	27
SITE # 26: San Jose – Guadalupe Creek and Los Alamitos Perc Pond	7	.56	125	12
SITE # 27: San Jose – Coyote Creek and Trail @ Capitol Expressway	20	4	1500	n/a
SITE # 28: San Jose – Randall Creek @ Rajovich	13	2	25	n/a
SITE # 29: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ St. John	30	3	500	n/a
SITE # 30: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Coleman Ave.	15	.25	400	n/a
SITE # 31: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Story Rd	164	.25	4300	300
SITE # 32: San Jose- Cottonwood Lake @ Hellyer Ave	40	3	1100	n/a
SITE # 33: San Jose- San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Hamilton Ave	9	1	43	n/a
SITE # 34: San Jose- Los Gatos Creek @ Leigh Ave.	27	1	2000	25
SITE # 35: San Jose- Ross Creek @ Camden Ave	5	2	100	7.5
SITE # 36: San Jose- Guadalupe River @ Rotary Playground	36	2	1710	n/a
SITE # 37: San Jose – Upper Penitencia Creek @ Girl Scout Sign	70	2	85	49
SITE # 38: San Jose – San Tomas Aquino @ McCoy Ave	21	1	200	n/a
SITE # 39: San Jose – Guadalupe River @ Grant St.	136	3	4080	n/a
SITE # 40: Santa Clara – Guadalupe River @ Tasman Drive	20	4	350	15
SITE # 41: Santa Clara – San Tomas Aquino Creek @ Levi’s Stadium	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
SITE # 42: Santa Clara – Saratoga Creek @ El Camino Real	14	.5	415	n/a
SITE # 43: Sunnyvale – Calabazas Creek @ Willow Ave.	1	2	20	8
SITE # 44: Sunnyvale – Guadalupe Slough @ Sunnyvale West Channel	60	2.5	1665	15
SITE # 45: Santa Clara – Saratoga Creek @ El Camino Real	80	1	1300	600
SITE # 46: San Jose – Silver Creek @ Raging Waters	9	.5	500	300
SITE # 47: San Jose – Guadalupe Creek @ Coleman Ave.	62	1	660	n/a
SITE # 48: San Jose – Coyote Creek @ Lone Bluff Park	33	.05	4650	n/a
SITE # 49: Campbell – Los Gatos Creek @ Hamilton Ave	49	.10	450	n/a
SITE # 50: Campbell –Los Gatos Creek Confluence	40	.10	4500	n/a
TOTALS	1,829	73.72	49,999.5	2,867.5

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Strange and unusual items found include:

Bowling ball, Electric Stove, Kitchen table, (7) shopping carts, (2) Baby strollers, King size Mattress, rusted road sign, Spool of commercial grade cable, (150) batteries, animal trap, 2′ Angel statue, (6) shopping carts, (8) tires, safety goggles, mini toothbrush, soccer ball, traffic control cover, shopping cart, bike frame, vhs tape, 2 dead animals. 8ft piece of fence/lattice, big metal pole, metal plate, saw, metal wires, picnic metal bench, hubcap, 1/2 skateboard, platform shoes, car battery, shark vacuum cleaner, log splitter, large piece of carpet, candy vending machine, fishing poles, plastic baskets, stroller, wood planks, lawn rake, glue tubes, baby seat, golf balls, typewriter, medical marijuana wrapper, metal heating duct part, spark plug and a meat cleaver.

Past Event Type

Coastal Cleanup Day

Past Event Date

Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:00

Past Event Start Date Time

Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:00

Past Event End Date Time

Sat, 09/19/2015 - 12:00

Past Event Title

Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 9 a.m. – Noon

Past Event Year

2015