1. Bayou Lafourche Cleanup 2015

2. Results from 133/344 tally sheets Shoreline and Recreational
6179 Plastic Bottles
3163 plastic bags
3220 Plastic food containers
3549 Glass bottles
3343 Aluminum cans ($72.68 worth)
2250 Cup, Plates, forks, spoons, straws
77 Furniture
352 Toys/balls
276 Clothing

3. Results from 133/344 tally sheets Fishing and Boating
508 Bait Containers or lures
142 Traps, nets, and line
156 Ropes or Straps
473 Plastics(tarps, coolers, buckets, etc.)
2589 Styrofoam (Buoys/floats, coolers)
Crab traps and crawfish traps

4. Results from 133/344 Tally Sheets - Smoking Activities
2041 Cigarettes (filters or cigar tips)
438 Lighters/tobacco packaging
2014 results:
2026 Cigarette Butts
421 lighters/packaging

5. 2015 Totals 22409 Shoreline and Recreational 3868 Fishing and Boating
2479 Cigarettes/Packaging
76 Medical Hygiene
1477 pieces of trash and dumping
30,309 Total

6. Comparison to last years
Category
2012
(# of items)
2013
2014
2015
Shoreline/Recreational
33,115
19,892
24,381
22,409
Fishing and Boating
1851
950
624
3868
Smoking Related
4672
1688
2447
2479
Medical/Hygiene
277
186 98 76
Dumping Activities
1269
1267
5800
1477
Total
47,953
24,003
32,929
30,309

7. Comparison of past 4 years
2012
2013
2014
2015
Tons

8. Volunteers
1032 Volunteers working this year (2012 – 1300 volunteers, 2013 – 800 volunteers, 2014 – 900)
More boats
Less school age kids
Site Captains are awesome!
329 Tires! Last year 318 tires!!

9. Unusual Items 3 Microwaves Hoses Bald Eagle Fire extinguishers (4)
Flower Pots (>20)
Aquarium
Bird Feeder
Credit Card/$1 bill
Typewriter
Toothbrushes
Kitchen Sink

10. Site Captains!

11. Success
Community

12. Land and Water Cleanup
Rewarding

14. Another boat showed up
Why??

15. Helping
JUNK!

16. What?? More garbage??

17. But More Volunteers
Fun

18. Family

19. Dumping
Gross
Disappointing

20. Teamwork

21. Valentine Site

23. Worthwhile

26. Audubon Ave
Thibodaux, LA