1. Summarize the event.
Almost 1 million pounds of trash removed from San Diego River over a course of 4 years. The San Diego River Park Foundation spends 30 weekends a year cleaning up, and they take 5 thousand pounds of trash each month.
2. What is the most important info presented in the story?
Over time, the river is being cleaned up but it's not healthy yet.
3. What info is missing?
Where exactly the trash comes from--people dumping garbage? Runoff? Where do the outrageous/bizarre things like shopping carts and slot machines come from? What other trashes are picked up, or is it just the big noticeable things?
4. How does this info play into your MSB work?
I'm researching about how the river is polluted and how it's cleaned up.
Hi, I saw the questions and thought I would try to respond. For more information visit www.sandiegoriver.org
ReplyDeleteAll trash from pieces to paper to shopping carts are removed. Trash comes from illegal dumping, washing down drains and gutters, litter, and homeless camps. We have pretty much removed all of the dump sites amassed over decades of neglect. Much of the trash in Mission Valley is from homeless camps and washing down stormdrains. Outside the City of San Diego, much of the trash is from illegal dumpings and litter.