Conestoga Greenway Rail-Trail
4 May, 2013
- Team Leader
- Gary Sanderson
- Number of Participants
- 23
- Total Debris Collected
- 658 lbs (measured)
40.036092, -76.286488
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Conestoga Greenway Rail-Trail
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Lancaster Scuba Center
- City
- Lancaster
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 4 May, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.036092
Longitude: -76.286488
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–3 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 5000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Fresh Water River
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 26 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Baskets, Crates | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 35 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 9 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 4 |
| Appliances: Household | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 12 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 4 |
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 3 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bike | 3 |
| Scooter | 2 |
| Child's Toy/Plastic | 2 |
Additional Information
This trail is along a river behind low income homes. Area is know for people just dumping their debris into on on the banks of the river by the trail.
Wooden Computer desk
Partical board furnature - People just dispose of it do they do not have to pay for removal
Car Tires and parts - the oils used to make these items or are part of the items get into the water supply
Plastic bags - they float and will get caught on shore for water fowl to get tied up in.
Comments and Feedback
The group enjoyed this activity. The plan is to do this on a yearly basis. Some members of the community found out we did the clean up and thanked us. This was done in memoral of a Scuba Instructor that passed away as a result of a truck driving accident.
Even though this water way was not salt water it is part of the Chesapeak Bay Water way. Trash in this water will make it way down river to the bay and then into the ocean.
