Beach Hugger Beach Cleanup Brevard: Litter Is A Cap-ital Offense

KEEPING BREVARD BEACHES CLEAN
FOR LOVE OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

Saturday was cool in Florida and it was raining off and on. We headed to Canova for a cleanup which lasted only about 30 minutes; we were rained out. AND THAT RAIN WAS COLD!

Fishing line recycle tube
Canova Beach

Rope rubbish

I know, I'm getting no sympathy from the Northerners.

Not the kind of beach glass
I like to find

Not a lot of large debris at Canova but chips of plastic all over and we recovered 20 ft of rope.

Cap-ital offense

Someone got a present
and all the beach
got was this lousy bow

Thy cups runneth amuck

Sunday we drove south to Melbourne Beach and stopped at Juan Ponce De Leon Park. In 2013 it will be the 500 year anniversary of Ponce's landing on this beach. I'm sure there was less mess when Ponce arrived.

South Melbourne Beach looked as if a garbage truck had dumped a load on the sand. We spent over an hour collecting trash and filled 6 tote bags full of plastic, including 3 hair relaxer tubs. Each one I have found has been full. I'm starting to think they are from a shipment that was lost at sea.

As we looked down the beach and saw big chunks of plastic strewn all over, it was hard to leave. We easily collected 30lbs of trash. We also collected another 20ft of rope. Bringing my new total to..... 599 ft or 199.66 yards, just shy of the length of 2 football fields.

Thanks for dropping in on my (almost) daily beach cleanup report. So much is out there it's ridiculous.

There's no sweeping this under a rug,
it's time to give the beach a hug.