My Actifit & Clean Planet Adventure: Oct 15 2023

Heya Hiva シ

Ready or not, here I come..

-> from my head promptly leaving my pillow, in an effort to cleanup the local wetlands trail earlier than usual. You'll never guess what I found! Stay tuned to find out!

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But first, I thought I'd highlight that not every piece of rubbish which I collect is always featured. Sometimes, a particular photo series is either inadequate and/or incomplete. The thumbnail today highlights the difference. This large plastic bottle and nearby broken glass were certainly worthy of mention. Alas, I discovered afterwards that there was no suitable photograph depicting the scene once cleaned up. Oh well.. at least it served a purpose after all.

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One of the wildest finds thus far, has to be this pillow - which was located near the entrance of the 'Brigantine River Trail'! It was far too large to fit in my carrier, so I first had to walk it over to the municipal bin - before returning to my cleanup activities.

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The next item of trash recovered highlights two important points. First, you need to have have a stomach of steel.. the orange liquid inside looked highly suspect! Second, we need to pick our battles. I chose to tackle the potentially dodgy thing, leaving the cigarette butts to be recovered on a subsequent pass.

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This large paper carrier appears to have been part of some sort of Christmas hamper. It's surely important to do good for those less fortunate. It's a pity though, when a few of those less fortunate (for whatever reason), have a blatant disregard for the environment.

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This weathered litter broke into smaller fragments upon its extraction. The remaining bits & pieces therefore had to be carefully picked out of the ground. The end result was worth it!

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Next up was the remnants of what appears to have been some 'wet wipes'. What you can't see from the photo is.. how I had to get on my hands and knees, and stretch my arm as far as it would go - in order to reach it. I had some shrub branches poking my face during the retrieval as well!

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When an item is as environmentally worn as this one, it's hard to tell from whence it came. I'm thinking it was some sort of fast food paper packaging.

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One of the hardest pickups for the day, was this debris field - located well within some dense foliage.

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As colourful as this wrapper may be, it certainly didn't enhance the natural beauty of the scene.

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It's a real pity that one or more inconciderate individuals seems to frequent these parts with booze.. yet another empty bottle of alcohol discarded.

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The sponge cake treat to which this wrapper belonged used to be a childhood favourite of mine. That said, its remnants certainly doesn't belong anywhere as litter.

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These broken fragments of glass highlight the importance of collecting the whole as soon as possible. Interesting how the three fragments were resting in perfect formation - like pieces of a puzzle.

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All the rubbish collected was emptied into a nearby municipal bin. Some curious finds for the day allowed for a sense of adventure. All in all, a great success!

Till next time,

ma3str0

Special thanks to Hive account@actifit and my 'eco-citizen' friends over at Hive account@cleanplanet , Hive account@cleanyourcity & Hive account@solarisfuture - stoked to be part of the solution, whilst getting fit in the process.

My gratitude as well to each and every awesome individual, kindly supporting me on this incredible adventure - seeing solutions to the challenges of our colourful world in black & white.

Disclaimer:

The writing in 'My Actifit & Clean Planet Adventure' is 100% original and that of my own. Inspiration is drawn from my surroundings - all whilst placing one foot in front of the other. For stylistic reasons, the greeting, farewell, image labels & footer may be repeated across posts - with the actual main body of content remaining entirely unique. Any accompanying photos were taken/edited by me. Others' logos used as permitted. Nothing should be construed as any form of advice. Practice due diligence. All Rights Reserved.
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