Litter picking is an All Season Sport - Preparing for Vermont's Green Up Day

Start Practicing for Green Up Day...
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 nature's creatures!

Green Up Day is a Family affair.

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