Build up your points early.
Note the recycled bag-been using it since 2009.
Look Up,
Look down,
Littered trash is there to be found.
The more you clean up the more points you gain.
Litter is an All-Season Sport. Drop a piece you lose a point; pick up a piece you gain a point.
Green Up Vermont for......
land dwellers
and water dwellers
and the flyers,
and waterfowl.
Green Up Vermont for the swimmers.
Green Up Vermont for all of us!
Vermont's 2014 Green Up Day is Saturday May 3
GREEN AND CLEAN SCORECARD
Inspection form to rate locations (from clean to littered). Example: Street XYZ had 2 redeemables, 1 water bottle, 3 cardboard, 7 lg items, 2 misc for total 15 points lost = 85 score.
Points lost in critical inspection categories
Cat. # | Code Name | Critical Inspection Category Descriptions | # Years to break down | Street Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Overall score |
1. | Ouch | Glass | 1 million years | XYZ Ave. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 85 |
2. | Lost Nickel | Redeemables | 50-450 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
3. | Oil H20 | Plastic (water) bottles | 450 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
4. | Fish & bird food | Plastic, Styrofoam | 50 years to never | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
5. | Fast Wrap | Fast food containers | 4 mos to 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
6. | Tree-Ex | Paper, cardboard | 6 wks or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
7. | Toxic time bombs | Cigarette butts | 1-5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
8. | Heavy Trash | Large trash items | 50 years to never | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
9. | You name it | Misc., Unique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | ||
10. | Desirable | Pleasant, Comforting, Green & Clean. | Dependent on our behavior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
* Both forms available in Excel spreadsheet. Email request to me at litterstories(at)yahoo(dot)com.
Form to catalog collected litter items.
Trash Catalog: Green and Clean 365 Found Trash Running Count | |||||||||||||
Ouch | Lost Nickel | Oil H20 | Fish & bird food | Fast Wrap | Tree-Ex | Toxic time bombs | Heavy Trash | Single use | |||||
How Long litter lasts: | 1 million years | 50-450 years | 450 years | 50 years to never | 6 wks to 5 years | 6 wks or more | 1-5 years | 50 years to never | 20 yrs to small pcs | ||||
Date | Street or other Location | Glass | Redeemables | Plastic (water) bottles | Plastic, Styrofoam | Fast food containers | Paper, cardboard | Cigarette butts | Large trash items | Plastic bag | Week Total | Unusual Found Litter | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Grand Total | |||||||||||||
Sub totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* See my personal story about Green Up Day @ http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2010/06/tradition-apr-2010.html
See VERMONT'S FIELD GUIDE TO LITTER @ http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1938123533279764255#editor/target=post;postID=3096105675332231843
Copy, and Print, and utilize CLEAN UP COUPON Available at http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/02/clean-up-coupon.html
Other cleanup
event and celebration postings:
Ø BTV Bike Path/City Beach: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/11/btv-bike-path-to-city-beach-good-clean_2.html
Ø Red Rocks Beach: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/08/marine-debris-removed-from-vt-waterways.html
Ø Winooski River Salmon Hole: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/10/winooski-river-salmon-hole-litter-clean.html
Ø Green Up Day 2012: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/05/south-burlington-green-up-day-2012.html
Ø Green Up Day Posters: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/02/2012-green-up-day-poster-winners.html
Ø Green Up Day 2011 Windjammer: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2011/05/windjammer-employees-on-green-up-day.html
Ø Green Up Day- why we do it every
year: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2011/04/green-up-day-may-7.html
Ø Green Up Day – A VT tradition: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2010/06/tradition-apr-2010.html
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