Our assigned area is the north side of Hwy 280 between the Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue. If we have enough crew members, we also work on the Meridian-Southwest-Expressway interchange. We also try to keep Moorpark and Parkmoor between Bascom and Leigh clean because they are de fact on-ramps and off-ramps in this area. We work from 9:00 to 12:30 one Saturday each month. A couple of times a year, we take on The Alameda exit on northbound Highway 880. Our permit to clean this area was pulled in January 2021, after 16 years. If you really want to know the gruesome details about how and why and who, email me and I'll share that information.
Details about our 18 years are below:
Want to get involved? Email me at loui@louitucker.com if you'd like to join a work crew.
Crazy stuff we found on the last pickup
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Photographic proof that some people are slobs!
TOTAL $$$ FOUND
$2,505.85
YEARLY TOTALS
2022
52 bags of trash, plus 4.5 bags of recycables.
2021
100 bags of trash, plus 6.5 bags of recyclables
We have adoped a new section of the local highway system, 101 Southbound between Capitol Expressway and Yerba Buena Road.
We didn't get to start work until April, and three times in seven months CalTrans allowed someone else to clean our section THE WEEK BEFORE we were scheduled to go out -- so I am sure our totals will be low this year. On the other hand, somebody needs to get that litter picked up and it might as well be us. Onward!
2020
200 bags of trash, plus 31 bags of recyclables
As the whole world knows, 2020 was a bizarre year. We couldn't go out with our full crews for several months. Sabine and I did a few months alone because we are a household, but what can 2 workers do? In the end, the totals were not that different from 2019. Far less litter because, for about the first eight months, when all but essential workers were staying home, *far* fewer people were on the roads going to and from work.
2019
199 bags of trash, plus 21 bag of recyclables
The total for 2019 are low compared to prior years but we were rained out in January and February, and had to cancel in December. Even considering we missed three months, however, it was still one of our lightest year. Could it be that the litter situation has improved, that people are not littering as much?
2018
314 bags of trash, plus 33.5 bag of recyclables.
We were cleaning a larger area than we are picking up now (beginning 2021). More area to clean, more workers, more bags filled.
2017
295 bags of trash, plus 33 bag of recyclables
2016
361 bags of trash, plus 35 bags of recyclables
2015
315 bags of trash -
39 bags of recyclables
2014
305 bags of trash - 32 bags of recyclables
2013
320 bags of trash - 32 bags of recyclables
2012
307 bags of trash - 30 bags of recyclables
2011
364 bags of trash - 39 bags of recyclables
2010
311 bags of trash - 31 bags of recyclables
2009
285 bags of trash - 19 bags of recyclables
2008
269 bags of trash - 18 bags of recyclables
2007
402 bags of trash - 27 bags of recyclables
2006
326 bags of trash 21 bags of recyclables
2005-2004
I wasn't keep track yet....