Nice and clean !

The Stats Date/Time : 23.07.2015/18h30 Estimated Kilos : .5 Estimated Liters : 2 A big storm came through last night so I wanted to collect trash today to see what would be on the beach. I imagine the lake cleans off the beach and drags the garbage out to the middle and onto the bottom […]

Too many beaches too little time

The Stats La Tour-de-Peilz Time/Date : 12h00/08.07.2015 Estimated Kilos : 3 Estimated Liters : 10 The Stats Baie de Montreux Time/Date : 14h00/12.07.2015 Estimated Kilos : 20 Estimated Liters : 40 The Stats Baie de Clarens Time/Date : 14h00/14.07.2015 Estimated Kilos : 5 Estimated Liters : 15 The Stats Genève Time/Date : 18h00/15.07.2015 Estimated Kilos […]

A day of firsts

The Stats Date/Time : June 25th, 2015 /06:30 – 07:40 p.m. Estimated Kilos : 15 Estimated Liters : 50   The Story The first week of summer weather arrived and brought sunshine, sunbathers, and all of their trash. We had full access to the beach today as the Association pour la Sauvegarde du Leman had […]

The Beach Bar

The Stats Date/Time : 21.06.2015, 12:00 Estimated Kilos : 15 Estimated Liters : 40 Size of beach : 20 square meters The Story This was the dirtiest beach yet. It is not easily accessible therefore it seems that no one comes to clean up the beach; this was therefore a good opportunity to see the […]

Taken by storm

The Stats Time : 20:30 Estimated Kilos : 5 Estimated Liters : 10 The Story Big storms swept through the Lake Geneva Region during the past week and as aresult there was debri scattered all over the beach. In addition to the plastic, wood and leaves, it was nice to see that the lake is […]

The three wise men

The Stats Date/Time : 10.06.2015 / 20h30 Estimated Liters : 16 Estimated Kilos : 6 Objects Another stormy week in Geneva gives us insight into what the lake contains. Most of the deposit from the storm was natural – leaves and sticks and shells and feathers. However, there were a million little plastic straws, and […]

Grüezi metendand 13.06.2015

Luzern, Go You. We found pretty much just cigarette butts – and not even that many. One of our friends told us this beach would be filthy since it is where everyone comes to BBQ and hang out. This makes the lack of trash even more impressive. We suppose this also has a lot to do […]

Le mauvais pique-nique

The Stats : Date/Time: June 7th 2015/9h30 Estimated Liters : 14 Estimated Kilos : 2 It was a beautiful Sunday morning and we had the beach to ourselves. After a sunny Saturday it was not surprising to find some left over pick-nick material. Objects: A mix of fresh and decayed trash. We found a sponge, […]

Boa viaxe! June 5th 2015

Guest Clean-up Date/Time : 13:35 Location : Praia d’el Mar de Fora, Finisterre. Spain A beautiful beach on the Atlantic coast of Spain facing the New World, hidden between cliffs that dive steeply unto the Atlantic ocean. Despite being a tourist location – we came on a bus packed with sight-seers – this beach was […]

Q-tips or Lollipops ?

The Stats Date/Time: May 29th 2015/16h30 Estimated Liters : 8 Estimated Kilos : 2 We found lots of different stuff. We found about 10 little plastic sticks : Are they Q-tips or Lollipops ? It was mainly old deposits washed up on the beach mixed in with the logs and stuff. The weather was beautiful, and I […]