California Coastal Cleanup Day 2000 Results


County

Volunteers

Trash

Recyclables

Statewide- Adopt-A-Highway

3,500

98,000

0

Alameda

3,072

105,603

3,125

Alpine

16

76

5

Butte

125

5,280

1,700

Contra Costa

1,116

65,940

350

Del Norte

1,057

3,803

278

Delta

180

10,000

2,000

El Dorado

280

45,953

15,269

Fresno

93

16,600

398

Humboldt

2,190

14,865

460

Los Angeles

9,500

65,056

4,285

Marin

1,044

7,896

2,492

Mendocino

356

2,556

743

Monterey

1,516

9,126

1,465

Napa

140

11,700

1,300

Nevada

323

1,780

797

Orange

4,564

61,690

5,822

Placer

20

40

10

Sacramento

1,000

6,000

0

San Bernardino

62

1,038

158

San Diego

2,186

8,441

2,226

San Francisco

2,197

6,214

1,726

San Luis Obispo

644

2,500

700

San Mateo

1,725

19,212

3,577

Santa Barbara

400

3,000

550

Santa Clara

1,201

39,735

0

Santa Cruz

2,268

3,400

1,480

Solano

1,003

40,350

5,000

Sonoma

405

1,961

1,194

Stanislaus

40

4,000

100

Ventura

1,028

9,171

4,208


Total


43,179


670,986


61,418


Unusual Finds from Coastal Cleanup Day 2000


Alameda
Twisty plastic straw w/ floating eyeball attached
Naturally-made terrarium in a bottle
Sea toy
Message in a bottle from 10-year old girl looking for a pen pal
2 front-ends of cars
Plastic fruit & a skateboard

Contra Costa
Bed mattress
Perfectly preserved fish skeleton
$20 bill
Bible
Live fish on line
Boat
Working vacuum cleaner
2,500 feet of fishing line.
$20 bill
Shoe & sock
Parking meter heads (There are no parking meters in Pleasanton)

Fresno-Kings River
10 tires
Large room carpet (in good shape)

Humboldt
Refrigerator- picked up at low tide by a volunteer in a pickup truck.

Lake Tahoe – South
Cup w/ 12 different kinds of insects in it
Smashed toilet
Clam shells in Lake Tahoe

Los Angeles
Decapitated cat in a burlap bag with a crucifix
A Loch Ness monster toy

Marin
Porta-potty roof
Metal hatch from ship 120lbs 4x4
Plastic stoppers from fireworks
Engine block
Sink
Drawing of Richmond Bridge by inmate "TexasTod"
Raccoon skull
Slipper
Can of snuff
Bicycle tire
Orange Styrofoam
Plastic containers w/ "Test Specimen - Do Not Disturb" on them
Steering wheel
Pick ax
Cow knee joint bone
Driveway gate
Pierre Cardin watch
2 shopping carts
Toy dinosaur

Monterey
Railroad Ties
8'x8' 150lbs bait tank
Anchor Cable
Rags soaked in diesel fuel
Sewing machine
71 tires
Test tube urine sample
Dead manta ray
Hunk of boat fiberglass
Refrigerator
Meat locker
Stroller
Car seat
Shotgun shells
An oar
Hatchet
Bhong
Chinese fan
Soldering bottles
Plastic gas tank
50lb sheetmetal
Pots & pans
New shoes & socks
4 syringes
Battery
Bunny slippers
Irrigation hose
House keys
Fireworks
Underwear - Men's & women's
Stone cross necklace
Power action toy Port of Oakland
Some part of an animal's teeth (Looks very old and unique)

Orange
Stanley Carpenters Level
Lots of bicycle parts
Barbie entangled in muscles
Chicken bones
Wine corks
Cigars
Diapers
Lobster trap
Grass skirt
10lb. Aluminum trash
Stove
Dead pelican
Water heater
Kids tree house
Cow costume
Old bike
300 lbs. of rebar.

San Francisco
8' length of telephone cable
36''x50'' long foam novelty check from Blockbuster for $105
Remote control for radio airplane
Huge vertebrae
Toy soldier
Leg of a Barbie doll
On Ocean Beach - a cookie tin box of new syringes
Cans of paint.

San Juaquin River
150 Tires
End of a Train light
Shopping cart

San Luis Obispo
A book in perfect condition "God Passed By" 1950 inside were 5 ration books from 1940 & 2 invitations to President Harding's inauguration.

San Mateo
65 tires
Pressure-sodium lamp from a boat that capsized.

Santa Cruz
Couple of bikes
Stereo speaker
Bra
Toilet seat

Solano & Yolo
Car transmissions
Shopping carts
Beaver skull
Giant crayfish tank
Toy rifle
Mattresses
Bedsprings
Couches

Sonoma
Large Screen TV
Rear of a car
Football signed by Roman Gabriel "In honor of the good work of the California Institute of Cancer Research"
Grill w/fork
1600 nails
Building cable
Motorcycle
Headlamp & bulb.

South Yuba River State Park
Wallet w/ $150
A toilet
Dryer
Full set of silverware & china

Stanislaus
Little private hide-out for somebody

Ventura
Injured egret- called animal reserve
6 seals
1 coyote
6 dead seagulls
One dead guinea pig in a box
Anchors
Lobster traps
Rope
14' catamaran
2 barbecues (one was taken home by a beach captain)
Wig
Boxer shorts
Chinese language newspaper
Hot water heater
Easter egg
5-gallon container of used motor oil floating in water
7' boat cut up in pieces
2 5' tires used as anchors