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r/DeTrashed - Saving the only planet we'll ever have!
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Hello everyone,
This is r/DeTrashed, reddit's premiere sub committed to cleaning up the environment one piece of trash at a time. Please post anything related to picking up trash. Anything from picking up a bottle while walking your dog in the morning, cleaning up a campsite or even organizing a clean-up event.
Remember although this sub was started on just picking up trash and cleaning the environment, it is so much more. Please share anything that involves taking an active step to improve the earth, like cleaning up trash, recycling, removing invasive species, green improvements on your house, magnet fishing, clearing gutters, etc.! Be creative!
Keep in mind the main point of this sub isn't about bragging (although you are allowed to), it is about encouraging others to help out and get involved. Although some people may say our actions alone don't make much of a difference, when there is an entire subreddit dedicated to it and encouraging others, then we can absolutely make a difference!
To everyone who has been spreading this sub by mentioning it in threads and such, THANK YOU! We have grown so much since our creation and we hope to become one of the largest, most engaging subs on reddit because that'll mean more people are DeTrashing the earth than ever before. Please keep it up and continue to encourage others to stop by for a visit (or, hopefully, to stay!).
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Nurdle Hunt! Help stop this plastic pollution at its source
Hi everyone! I am new to this group, but am passionate about cleaning up our planet and the communities we call home. I am currently working on spreading awareness of the pollution problem of nurdles. I've already talked to a few members of this group!
PROBLEM: Nurdles are lentil-sized plastic pellets that are used as the building block for the plastic industry. I.e. they are melted down and molded to form everyday plastic products like bottles, bags, toothbrushes, etc. Millions of these pellets are regularly dumped down the drain or spilled into our water ways by the facilities that make, use, package, and/or transport them. 10 billion are estimated to make their way to the ocean each year, making them the second largest source of marine microplastic pollution by weight.
SOLUTION (in part): There is a bill going through the US Congress titled
The Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act which will effectively ban the discharge of these poisonous plastic pellets from the facilities that make, use, package, and/or transport them.
ACTIONS:
1) Hold your own Nurdle Hunt. Use the Nurdle Patrol Map to see where nurdles have been found in your state, find a friend and a waterway near you, and go searching!
Nurdle Patrol Map: https://nurdlepatrol.org/app/map
Environment America's Nurdle Hunt Toolkit: https://environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania/articles/how-to-find-nurdles-in-your-local-waterway/
2) Call and write to your US Representatives and Senators to support this bill!
House Reps: https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-your-u-s-house-representative-support-the-plastic-pellet-free-waters-act/
(picture credit: Nurdle Patrol)
15:08 UTC
Just a SMALL amount of Pond Litter We Pick Up Almost Every Day
Much credit goes to Mrs Pigman aka Agrestic_Ducks. It's a never ending process. I've even gone completely in the water to try to keep the pond clean for the wildlife.
12:21 UTC
Carolina Picking
On vacation near Raleigh. Starbucks barista kindly gave me a bag and I half filled it on the walk back to the hotel.
14:23 UTC
Travel pickers
Has anyone found a collapsible picker that would be approved by TSA for and fit in carry on luggage? Mine are all too large.
12:54 UTC
Travel pickers
Has anyone found a collapsible picker that would be approved by TSA for and fit in carry on luggage? Mine are all too large.
12:53 UTC
Detrashing the old Wiener Neustädter Kanal with paddle boards yesterday
06:53 UTC
Maintenance Pick on Nearby Intersection
Here's the latest video from TrashMob.eco. Maintenance Pick on Nearby Intersection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhLzTEiIoR0
00:04 UTC
3rd pick today for me. I had a partner today. No we are not kicking out the homeless. We are both very compassionate and caring. Just cleaning and making the world a better place. I handed out water today. It's almost 100 degrees
17:15 UTC
Rub can see the future. - another basket of litter plicykled off Boston and Cambridge.
00:24 UTC
2024-06-17
13:50 UTC
Tool carrying options
Hello to you all. I have used DeTrashed for ideas for a while now and have slowly been working on my neighborhood with a simple rake and bucket but I am looking into getting more tools such as a grabber, broom, and I was considering a garden cart. I saw this garden cart and was considering one more five gallon bucket and then modifying the trash can in the back to hold tools.
What are your thoughts? what do you like and or dislike and what suggestions do you have for improvements and what do you currently use to handle multiple tools while walking around?
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