PUBLISHED: Wed, 09/14/2011 - 13:23 by rudy
X Marks the Spot, POP's 2005-06 separated litter survey
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In the fall and winter of 2005-2006, in a series of cleanups known as "X Marks the Spot," volunteers across Tennessee collected beverage-container litter separately from other litter, using 13-gallon drawstring garbage bags in order to get a consistent count by volume, and marking the container-only bags with a red X.
RESULTS
number of cleanups: 23
number of counties: 14
miles of roadside picked up: 31.99
number of volunteers: 219
total bags of litter: 637.5
bags of beverage containers only: 319.5
highest proportion of containers: 78.5%
lowest proportion of containers: 24.56%
Average proportion of beverage containers: 50.12 percent
