Franklin County’s coastline is a lot cleaner this week thanks to a few hundred volunteers and a lot of work. The annual Coastal Cleanup was held Saturday, September 19th – removing over ten thousand pounds of trash and debris from the local waterfront. Nearly 3000 pounds of trash was picked up from St. George Island alone – about the same amount was picked up from area along the Carrabelle river and near the Crooked River lighthouse. Eastpoint volunteers cleaned up nearly 1400 pounds of trash and 940 pounds came from 10 foot hole in Apalachicola. Of the 10,480 pounds of trash picked up, over 2000 pounds was recycled. Volunteers say they found all kinds of things washed up – including a number of tires and even a space heater.
Below are the totals from each of the cleanup locations in Franklin County:
Coastal Cleanup totals
ST GEORGE ISLAND TRASH 1940 IBS TRASH
ST GEORGE ISLAND RECYCLE 1000LBS RECYCLE
CARRABELLE CROOKED RIVER LIGHTHOUSE 120LBS TRASH
CARRABELLE PAVILION 2680LBS (MIXED) 9 TIRES
CARRABELLE PAVILION 100LBS RECYCLE
EASTPOINT MILLENDERS PARK 280LBS RECYCLE
EASTPOINT MILLENDERS PARK 1160LBS TRASH
APALACHICOLA 10FT HOLE 940 LBS TRASH
ABERCROMBIE LANDING 300 LBS TRASH
BALD POINT STATE PARK 720 LBS TRASH
ALLIGATOR POINT 700 LBS RECYCLE
OCHLOCKNEE BAY BOAT RAMP 540 LBS TRASH
TOTAL RECYCLE 2080LBS
TOTAL TRASH 5720LBS
TOTAL MIXED 2680LBS
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