Collection Report Nov 21, 2011

Bay View beach, Saco, Maine. Monday, November 21, 1:15PM. Low-tide, chilly & windy.

A bright day, a quiet week, an absolutely deserted beach. On Thanksgiving, I wrote the prelude to this report. After a summer filled with the usual thoughtlessness, and a late October/early November filled with much sea-borne junk, a day like this is just what this Flotsam Diarist needed.

A very quick report here. Zone N:

21 finds:

• Building materials: 2 (1 asphalt chunk, 1 brick scrap)
• Foam/Styrofoam: 2
• Fishing misc.: 1 (rope)
• Food-related plastics: 0
• Food-related metal/glass: 1 (foil wrapper)
• Nonfood/unknown plastics: 3 (bag scrap, 2 scraps <1")
• Cigarette filters/plastics: 12
• Paper/wood: 0
• Misc./unique: 0

Lose the ubiquitous plastic poison packets known as cigarette butts, and this is just remarkable.

Zone S:

6 finds:

• Building materials: 2 (asphalt chunks)
• Foam/Styrofoam: 0
• Fishing misc.: 1 (claw band)
• Food-related plastics: 0
• Food-related metal/glass: 1 (sea glass)
• Nonfood/unknown plastics: 1 (scrap >1")
• Cigarette filters/plastics: 1
• Paper/wood: 0
• Misc./unique: 0

Even more remarkable.

Takeaway? A simple one: This was a good day.