The beach clean up this weekend was a total success! Even though we were hoping for more people to show up, with the amount of garbage collected… we all felt better about what we had done for our ocean.The items we collected surprised us all. On Saturday, at Point Pleasant Park, there was a ridiculous amount of tampon applicators! We were so disgusted that some of us are now working on a poster to put up in women’s public washrooms around the city, showing women exactly where their applicators end up. On Sunday we found a lot of garbage along the trails at Crystal Crescent as well as on the beach. Everything from smashed lobster traps and tires to rusted propane tanks and a dirt bike helmet! It is saddening to think that we collected this much trash in March. With the “off season” for beaching just ending who knows what the summer crowd will bring. Scary thought. Hopefully this won’t be the last beach clean up for this group of students!