Get 'Em While They're Hot
From the
New York Times:
The good news for the environment is that Toyota sold its 60,000th Prius in August. The bad news is that this starts the clock ticking for the end of tax credits for buyers. The credits were mandated in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which stipulates that after an automaker reaches a certain number of sales, the credits close. Currently the 2007 Accord Hybrid qualifies for a $1,300 credit and the Civic Hybrid for $2,100. Earlier models still qualify but only to the original owner. And regardless of the vehicle type, tax credits shrink to 50 percent as of January 1, 2008; to 25 percent on July 1, 2008; and to nothing on January 1, 2009.
Yes, I know -- this isn't about litter or recycling. But it
is about doing your part -- each and every one of us -- to protect our climate. Global warming is real. Mankind cannot evolve fast enough to adapt -- our climate is changing too rapidly, and we have to act now. Global warming is about recycling, and using sustainable energy. It's about actions of countries, and it's about individuals -- we each have to change the way we think. From the introduction:
Protecting the climate is the defining challenge of our time. Every era has its opportunity to improve the world. This is ours. How we deal with the very real threats to the stability of the climate will shape our future, the economy and the sort of a world we will leave to our grandchildren. It will determine whether many species, perhaps even our own, will live or die.
Read it, think about it, and pass it on. You can download the manual for free by clicking on the title of this post.
A price to pay for alternative fuels
Tired of the high cost of gasoline? There's a cost associated with biofuels, unfortunately. Get caught running veggie_gas and some states are going to fine you
heavily for
not paying a gas tax!
From the
Charlotte Observer , in Charlotte, NC.
From the
Herald & Review , Decatur, IL.
But if the insane logic that passes for government hasn't put you off, here's how you can DIY --
Biodiesel Appleseed Reactor Plans
Graffiti Hurts® - Care for Your Community is a grassroots community education program. It was developed in 1996 by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. through a grant from The Sherwin-Williams Company. The Graffiti Hurts® web site contains all the tools communities need to begin graffiti education, prevention, and clean-up.
The National Wildlife Federation has a blog loaded with information on Global Warming. There's stuff here for everyone -- from nations and governments down to individual gardens. Check out
The Gardener's Guide to Global Warming .
KTB GREEN CORNER
by Lee Anderson
KTB volunteer
BUT A CIGARETTE BUTT IS SO SMALL…how could it have even a “small” impact on our environment? 4.5 Trillion are littered in our parks, sidewalks, and public places yearly, according to Keep America Beautiful. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the United States.
This year Keep America Beautiful has a campaign to encourage our local affiliates such as Keep Taylor Beautiful to educate and help amend/clarify the anti-litter laws in existence to include cigarette litter. If you are a smoker thinking you are acting responsibly by extinguishing your cigarette with your foot, but then leaving it on the ground, think again…you are littering. “Littering is against the Law!” Do you drop cigarette butts into gutters or storm drains to extinguish? Throwing your cigarette butt out the window while driving has had huge impact in some states. In 2004, in Virginia, cigarette butts tossed in a jammed trash chute destroyed 26 buildings and resulted in 20 million dollars of damage. Did you know that 95% of filters are made of plastic cellulose acetate and take many years to decompose? And…There are 165 chemicals in cigarettes that birds and small animals ingest thinking it’s food and it gets into their digestive tract and makes them feel they are full and then they quit eating? Keep America Beautiful states that over half of the population of smokers claimed they would change their behavior just by being informed of seriousness of cigarette butt litter.
The Spring Trash-0ff on April 28 is a good time to consider a change in the way you reduce, recycle and reuse, and dispose of cigarette butts. There are simple changes we can all make in our lives to benefit our world around us. Do you use recycling bins at work for aluminum, plastic, paper, cardboard? It’s a good business practice to encourage employees to recycle as well as making it a practice at home. It just takes a little effort and practice to get in the habit. Do you recycle your newspapers? I hope so, because we have several dumpster locations for collection, and there will be a shredder at this year’s Trash-off on the 28th at the Chamber with a minimal fee. Don’t forget to recycle those old telephone books as well.
Folks, we have a responsibility to our environment to take care of it the best we can, and to pass that habit onto our children. It’s astonishing how many aluminum cans and fast food trash line our streets. It gets old picking them up too, especially when you find two new beer cans on your property every day. How can we really keep Taylor beautiful? We have the opportunity to REDUCE, RECYCLE, and REUSE, to be more environmentally aware of our responsibility and accountable in keeping our community clean and GREEN for the next generation!
As a cure for our addiction to oil, ethanol turns out to have some nasty side effects... Along with many of the same pollutants as gasoline, a large amount of unburned ethanol gas escapes into the atmosphere. That vapour readily breaks down in sunlight to form acetaldehyde, which can send ozone levels soaring.... While ethanol-burning cars will emit fewer carcinogens such as benzene and butadiene, they will spew out 20 times as much acetaldehyde as those using conventional fuel.
Doesn't look like ethanol is going to save us unless they design engines specifically
for ethanol.
The thinking behind concentrated solar power is simple. Because energy from the sun, although abundant, is diffuse, generating one gigawatt of power (the size of a typical utility-scale plant) using traditional photovoltaics requires a four-square-mile area of silicon, says Jerry Olson, a research scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in Golden, CO. A concentrator system, he says, would replace most of the silicon with plastic or glass lenses or metal reflectors, requiring only as much semiconductor material as it would take to cover an area the size of a typical backyard. And because decreasing the amount of semiconductor needed makes it affordable to use much more efficient types of solar cells, the total footprint of the plant, including the reflectors or lenses, would be only two to two-and-a-half square miles. (This approach is distinct from concentrated thermal solar power, which concentrates the heat from the sun to power turbines or sterling engines.)
The EPA has developed an upgrade kit that reduces fuel consumption and emissions by up to 20 percent.
The SmartWay Upgrade Kits include technologies that reduce engine idling, improve aerodynamics and devices that treat exhaust to reduce emissions.
The EPA estimates that if trucks nationwide adopt the technology, they could save more than 3.3 billion gallons of diesel and 66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Adoption shouldn't be much of a concern because the fuel savings will payback the cost of the upgrades within three years.
Trucks are an integral part of our infrastructure (since we gave up on expanding rail lines years ago) so upgrading these vehicles will probably do more to reduce pollution than all of the hybrids.
New movie from Sony:
It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?
Click the title to view the trailer.
Adopt - a - Highway Cleanup
We will be meeting at the Donut shop on Lake Drive and Main, June 24
th, at 7:30AM. Our section of Main runs from Lake north to the creek, just north of Wal-Mart. Come out and join us!
Marlborough-based Aquaflow Bionomic yesterday announced it had produced its first sample of bio-diesel fuel from algae in sewage ponds.
It is believed to be the world's first commercial production of bio-diesel from "wild" algae outside the laboratory - and the company expects to be producing at the rate of at least one million litres of the fuel each year from Blenheim by April.
Spring 2006 Trash-Off
Our Spring Trash-Off was a huge success! There were 13 Taylor employees working as well as 2 from EISI and 64 volunteers (42 adults and 24 children). The city collected 13 truck loads totaling 25 cubic yards, or 9,750 lbs. Other collection stats:
330lbs. of scrap metal
819lbs. of aluminum cans
6 batteries
200lbs. of newspaper
100lbs. of clothing for Shepherd's Heart
87 tires totaling 2,088lbs.
500lbs. of E-waste
61 bags of litter totaling 1,220lbs.
A big
THANK YOU to everyone who pitched in and helped to Keep Taylor Beautiful!
The company has found a way to make a rechargeable battery with a much higher power storage potential while reducing the weight by nearly 80%. It recharges to 90% power in just 5 minutes. This battery will be soon be used in the Dewalt line of power tools. In a few more years it may be making hybrid automobiles faster and even more fuel efficient.
Sweden says it aims to completely wean itself off oil within 15 years - without building new nuclear plants.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has a newsletter, available via email subscription. Click on the title, above, and check it out.
A new company in Midland, TX, has begun manufacturing an American version of a European vehicle:
A new class of pedal vehicles, velomobiles, have gained some popularity in Europe, where eight commercial manufacturers of velomobiles are doing business. Velomobiles are pedal vehicles having an enclosed cockpit, a built in lighting and electrical system, comfortable seating, protection from inclement or cold weather, a suspension system, good brakes, and built-in provision to carry significant amounts of baggage such as groceries. Many have superior aerodynamics that enable average speeds of 15 to 25 mph, so that fit drivers can travel almost as fast as cars in stop and go city traffic. Most velomobiles are high-tech tricycles, so do not require the driver to balance the vehicle. This makes them much easier to drive than a bicycle, which leads to increased convenience and safety, as well as easier parking. Many are highly maneuverable, which helps promote safety in traffic.
Imagine being able to snooze a little longer, skip a stop at the gas station, and still leave the driveway with a perfectly full tank of gas. And what if we told you that this gas only cost $1 per gallon? Sounds crazy, right? But people who own the natural gas-powered Honda Civic GX and its "Phill" refueling tank are living that life.
Check out the Honda Civic GX
HERE .
Collaboration among EPA and its 21 Plug-In To eCycling partners over the last three years has resulted in the safe recycling of more than 60 million pounds of old electronics.
And this...
Americans discard approximately 2 million tons of used electronics, including computers and televisions each year. In addition, an estimated 128 million cell phones are retired from use annually.
Do the math. We have managed to recycle 30,000 tons -- yet we are producing 2,000,000 tons annually. Clearly, we have a
LONG way to go. Now, do
YOUR part and take your e-waste to the Williamson County Recycling Center.
Green Corner / Dec. 2005
How do you measure up in recycling?By Lee anderson, KTB (
Printed in the Taylor Daily Press, 12/08/05)
What's your level of commitment? When it comes to recycling, reuse or reduce, which one of the following categories most resembles your commitment to the environment:
Level I: I don't make an effort to separate my glass, aluminum cans, paper, magazines, newspapers, cardboard, scrap metal, e-waste (electronic), plastics and used clothing. I generally throw it all in the garbage container, which is the easiest for me. I just let someone else worry about it. There is some recycling at my workplace but I don't participate.
Level II: I just don't have time to separate everything, but twice a year I try to participate by picking up trash and getting rid of clothing and other items at garage sales or by donation. Sometimes I participate in the county's waste program, recycling things like paint and oil. I guess I could do more but it would take a little extra effort and time. I do care about the environment. I do put my aluminum cans in a special container at work for recycling.
Level III: I take time to separate as many items as possible, including separating aluminum cans from food cans and scrap metal that can be taken to Texas Metals on Main Street. I can take plastics, newspapers, cans or appliances without refrigerant to the North Maintenance Yard on Main Street and sometimes I take my newspapers, paper and magazines to the Fifth Street collection bins behind the Williamson County Sheriff's office. I also try to participate in the spring and fall citywide clean-ups by keeping my street and business store front clean and free of litter. Occasionally I have cardboard that can be taken to the Williamson County Recycling Center in Hutto, along with E-waste, such as computers, monitors and printers, which are donated to the crisis center. I take my used clothing to Shepherd's Heart in Taylor on Saturdays. I try to never purchase Styrofoam cups or other items made of Styrofoam, which is ozone unfriendly. I try to encourage others to recycle at work and home. I also take my old telephone books to the Fifth Street bins for recycling. I hear Keep Taylor Beautiful gets the little bit of money collected to help beautify Taylor.
Thank You from Keep Taylor Beautiful to all those who volunteered this fall in the city-wide trash-off event. Thanks to the Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to station our event there.
We recycled 400 pounds of newspapers, 80 pounds of clothing, 10 tires, 40 bags of trash on our Adopt-a-Highway and other roads, 218 pounds of scrap metal and 969 pounds of aluminum cans. Last but not least, thanks to the wonderful volunteers who helped out, including some teenagers. Thanks to Dorothy Fischer and other KTB volunteers, Texas Recycles Day was celebrated by people bringing their e-waste (printers, monitors, computers) to the recycling center. The total collected was 3,779 pounds.
Christmas will soon be over, and then you will be stuck with a tree. What to do... The following tips are from Iowa University:
- Place your tree in a yard or garden for use by birds and other wildlife. Branches provide shelter from strong winds and cold. Food can be supplied by hanging fruit slices, seed cakes or suet bags on the branches.
- Prune off the branches and place boughs over perennials as a winter mulch.
- Chip the tree and use the mulch around trees, shrubs or flower beds.
- Look for Christmas tree disposal collection sites.
Well, did you decide what level you are? If you are a Level III person, KTB salutes you for your time, effort and for encouraging others to sort and deliver items to recycle or reuse. Begin now, one by one, to adopt that Â
leave no trash behind spirit. Begin today sorting your aluminum cans and newspapers for starters. Then gradually add other items to sort in your daily routine. Before long it will be habit just like any other part of your routine, and what a difference we'll make in our stewardship of our environment.
Japanese scientists may have found a cheaper and more efficient way to produce "biodiesel." The renewable, vegetable oil-based fuel can be used in conventional diesel engines, which are found in about 2 percent of cars currently sold in the U.S. and in about 40 percent in Europe.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the greener fuel emits only a third of the unburned hydrocarbons and half of the carbon monoxide and particulates that standard diesel fuel emits. Furthermore, biodiesel's sulfur oxide and sulfate emissions, which cause acid rain, are negligible.
The fuel is also biodegradable, so safety concerns and pollution issues are minimal.
ADDED 12/2: A company in Montreal has started producing biodiesel commercially. They anticipate nearly 10 million gallons their first year of operation.
ADDED 12/5: Austin BioFuels sells biodiesel, straight or blended, in Texas.
Economics and responsible business demand alternatives. Businesses dependent on fossil fuels are under tremendous competitive pressure to seek efficiencies where they can, and at the same time responsible business practices require sensitivity to the impact they have on the environment. Legislation is further reinforcing the urgent need for solutions to current emissions levels of commercial and private vehicles. Hydrogen has become a central theme in many developing technologies, and has gained worldwide attention as "the next big thing." The promise of cheap, clean power is undeniably attractive, and the hydrogen fuel cell has secured millions of dollars in funding for research around the world and has even become a political plank in the platforms of the leading industrial nations.
The reality is that the hydrogen fuel cell is a long way off, and it does not provide a solution for the 711 million vehicles on the road today. The hydrogen fuel cell requires storing hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas can be a highly dangerous substance if stored on board the vehicle. While there may eventually be a hydrogen fuel cell system vehicle that can match the reliability and performance of the internal combustion engine some time in the next decade, a hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle still requires a completely different engine. This is not a viable solution for anyone with investments in a vehicle today.
CHEC's flagship product, the CHEC HFI hydrogen injection system, is a hydrogen solution for today's needs. The HFI enhances combustion by injecting hydrogen into the engine. The improved efficiency reduces emissions, reduces fuel consumption by at least 10%, and the superior combustion increases the engine's power while reducing wear.
It is a bolt-on aftermarket part that produces its own hydrogen during operation. Hydrogen is not stored on board. It works with any internal combustion engine, using all types of fuels (gasoline, diesel, natural gas, etc.), and in all climates.
The patented CHEC HFI hydrogen injection system traces it roots back to work done at the Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology in 1974 on the uses of hydrogen as a combustion enhancing agent for the internal combustion engine. The CHEC HFI has seen 50,000,000 miles of testing over the last four years, ensuring it is reliable, safe, and delivers where the rubber meets the road.
Texas Recycles Day
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Keep Texas Beautiful encourage Texans to observe Texas Recycles Day on November 15 by pledging to step up their recycling efforts. Anyone who submits a pledge as part of the nationwide America Recycles Day 2005 celebration will be entered in a drawing to win a new Ford Escape Hybrid or Trek aluminum bicycles.
"America Recycles Day joins Texas, which held the nation’s first statewide ‘recycling day’ and served as the model for the national campaign," said Matthew R. Baker, director of TCEQ's Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division, which oversees the Texas statewide program. "Statewide and nationwide events will increase awareness of recycling, helping Americans learn how to conserve our natural resources through daily activities."
Nearly 200,000 Americans took the America Recycles Day pledge in 2004. To help increase the number of pledges this year, event organizers are offering a free giveaway. A Ford Motor Company Escape Hybrid will be awarded to one adult and five Trek aluminum 24-speed bicycles will be awarded to youth.
In Texas, organizers have scheduled more than 200 events across the state to celebrate this year's Texas Recycles Day, from an elementary school in San Antonio encouraging students to pack a “zero waste” lunch, to the Texas Department of Transportation and its partners holding “Reuse Roundup” events to collect used goods. Events highlight numerous solutions for simple and inexpensive waste reduction and recycling activities. Texans can easily find out about scheduled events in their area by visiting
www.texasrecyclesday.org and getting details for registered activities.
The Recycling Alliance of Texas works as the America Recycles Day affiliate. Community events are held statewide each year from mid-October through the officially observed day of November 15. As Texans have made recycling a part of their everyday lives, additional events are held year-round.
The Hybrid Escape is the industry's first hybrid-electric SUV, combining the performance of a conventional gasoline engine with the fuel efficiency of an electric engine, allowing it to achieve a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy of 36 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 31 mpg on the highway.
For more information on Texas Recycles Day or to join the celebration by hosting an event, visit
www.texasrecyclesday.org . Click on the America Recycles Day link to pledge online and enter for a chance to win prizes as part of the national campaign.
TIME magazine ran an article titled "Recycling is Garbage" in June, 1996. The author of that piece may have used "The Eight Myths of Recylcing" by Daniel Benjamin. I'm uncertain just who's work came first.
Daniel Benjamin is a professor at Clemson University and a senior associate at PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center. His article is
everywhere -- Google for it and you will come back with some 125,000 hits.
Though Benjamin's work is not without some truth, it often takes a narrow view on the costs of recycling, and therefore is not complete or accurate. Click on this post's title to read "Anti-Recycling Myths". This article is well-researched, with plenty of supporting documentation.
The
Environmental Literacy Council also has a short piece defending recycling.
Recycling Events During Trash-Off
By Lee Anderson, KTB's Vice President
1. TIRES can be dropped off at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon for a minimal charge:
- Passenger tire $2.00
- Truck tire fee (19” & larger)-- $6.00
- Tractor tires will NOT be accepted
2. NEWSPAPERS, MAIL, MAGAZINES can be dropped off at recylcing dumpsters on 5th Street between Talbot and Vance. Remember, no plastic bags, as this contaminates the recycling effort.
3. The North Maintenance Yard, 1424 N. Main St., will be open and accepting newspapers, cans, and plastic bottles. They
WILL NOT ACCEPT: BATTERIES, WASTE OIL, PAINT, APPLIANCES WITH REFRIGERANT, SOLVENTS, CHEMICALS OR ASPHALT SHINGLES.4. ALUMINUM CANS, COPPER, BRASS, AND BATTERIES can be dropped off at Texas Metals, 1000 N. Main St. For more information, contact Jody Meredith at 352-8290.
5. A USED CLOTHING DRIVE will take place the morning of October 15, from 8:00am to 12:00 noon at the Chamber. Please bring gently used clothing. All clothing donations will benefit The Shepherd’s Heart. For additional information regarding the clothing drive, contact Stephanie Jones at 365-1605.
6. RECYCLING CENTER – HUTTO, TX – FM 1660. This center is open Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays and on Sat. 8-noon. It is a drop-off center accepting: used oil, scrap metal, including washed tin cans, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum, plastic, and e-waste including computers, monitors, keyboards & cables. Cell phones will be donated to the Crisis Center.
Taylor FALL Trash-off 2005!
By Lee Anderson, KTB's Vice President
KEEP TAYLOR BEAUTIFUL is once again sponsoring our annual Citywide Fall Trash-Off, in conjunction with Keep Texas Beautiful's "Great American Clean-up", Saturday, October 15, 2005, from 8:00am to 12:00 noon. The central command station will be located at the Taylor Chamber of Commerce. Come join us and clean up our streets and highways! We hope to make this fall trash-off an even bigger event than the last one.
We are asking you to clean up in front of your property or on your street. This act of service is so important to show our support for keeping our community clean and attractive to visitors.
You will find sign-up sheets, trash bags, gloves, and refreshments available at the Chamber starting at 8:00am on the morning of October 15. Please come by the chamber by 12:00 noon to report the number of bags collected and the number of volunteers. This information is crucial to KTB's application for the Governor's Community Achievement Award, which helps us continue landscaping and related projects for Taylor's beautification.
- If your group or someone you know can pick up trash from Main and Hwy 79 to the loop, it would be greatly appreciated.
- Another location that gets left out and is so visible is beginning at Main and Hwy 79 going south on Main to Walnut.
Feel free to contact us for additional information. The easiest way is by completing the contact form found on our web site. That address is: http://www.k-t-b.org
Thanks for taking time to make a difference in our community!
Williamson County's new Recycling Center is now open!
The Recycling Center is located on two enclosed acres at
the entrance to the Williamson County Landfill on F.M.
1660 north of Hutto.
The center is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The facility is a drop-off
center that accepts used oil, scrap metal including washed
tin cans, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum, plastic and e-waste
including computers, monitors, keyboards and cables. Cell
phones will be accepted and donated to the Crisis Center.
There is no fee to use the facility. Please sort items before
dropping them off. Bundle newspapers or collect them in
brown paper grocery bags, not plastic bags.
"We are very excited to have this facility open for the
public to use," stated Williamson County Precinct 4
Commissioner Frankie Limmer. The Recycling Center was
built using an $80,000 grant from the Capital Area
Council of Governments(CAPCOG).
Green Corner / Aug. 2005
By Lee Anderson, KTB's Vice President
The purpose of this article is to increase awareness regarding REDUCE, RECYCLE and REUSE. KTB hopes to offer advice quarterly regarding ways we can all reduce waste in various areas of our daily existence. If you have information to share regarding what your company , club organization is doing to reduce waste, please feel free to share it with me for future publication at 352-7329.
U.S. households now contain over 65 million unused cellular phones. Please take yours to Temple College in Taylor at 516 N. Main to the cell phone drop box, just in front of the information window. KTB will see that they are recycled.
Regarding recycling of newspapers and magazines, there are two dumpsters located on 5th Street for your use. However, please do NOT put plastic bags in them. This will certainly contaminate the entire load of paper. So, don’t forget to remove the plastic bags. H.E.B. has a container for recycling plastic grocery bags.
Our schools continue to recycle paper, cartridges and other materials and their participation in the Trash-offs in the spring and fall is greatly appreciated. Online “swap meets” can be handy to encourage “reuse” as well as use by other departments in schools. We can encourage and even challenge others to not be wasteful and have a real impact in our own households and with families and friends during outings and community events.
The Austin Freecycle Network , strives to reduce landfill use with the simple philosophy that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. They reduce waste by connecting people throwing away unwanted items with others seeking the same items (and have a little fun in the process). No item is too big or too small; but since this is a FREEcycle list, ALL items must be 100% free -- no money, no trading or barter, no strings attached.
Dorothy Fischer, KTB’s recycling coordinator, has made arrangements with Axcess Technologies of Austin to provide a trailer for obsolete electronics and computers at out next Trash-Off, October 15th. Please bring your old computers, FAX machines, etc.
As a reminder, Williamson County Precinct #4 takes cardboard, used oil, oil filters, and scrap metal Tuesday thru Friday from 8:00AM to 11:00AM. Texas Metals on Main Street takes scrap metal, aluminum, copper, iron and car batteries. IESI will pick up refrigerators (remove coolant), stoves and other appliances if you call them at 352-2066. They will also pick up brush piles (5ft. bundles) at your regular trash pick-up. If you have over 5 yards of brush, you may have to pay a small fee, but IESI will contact you.
We must all be good stewards in and to our environment by making it safe and “here” for generations now and into the future. We have activities where we can always use volunteers, whether it is our Adopt-A-Highway pick-ups 4 times/year, our Spring and Fall Trash-Offs, or one of our other projects. Wouldn’t it be nice NOT to need these pick-ups? By the way, we aren’t ex-cons or out there doing community service for something we did wrong, we’re picking up litter. PLEASE DON’T BE A LITTERBUG!
Let’s all adopt a “Leave no trash behind attitude” and stay dedicated to extending environmental stewardship to every aspect of our daily lives.
