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Basura Bash Annual Event
Leon Creek at O.P. Schnabel Park Area
Facts About Trash Stats
Here you can find an archive of previous year's events along with the below statistics about the trash that's been collected through the years. Scroll down the page to see event information from previous years.
Did you know . . . ?
The largest item collected: The bed of a Ford pick-up truck.
The smallest item collected: Cigarette butts.
The most unusual item collected: A washing machine that appeared to be in working condition.
The most common item collected: Plastic shopping and grocery bags.
The most dangerous item collected: Syringes. Volunteers are asked to report all drug related paraphernalia to event coordinators via walkie-talkies so that they may be properly collected and disposed.
Basura Bash Slashes Trash!
In 2005, the Basura Bash Planning Organization modified its litter pick-up program to include recycling of plastics, paper, and bottles. To date, volunteers have picked up 31.02 tons of recyclables.
The FACTS about TRASH collected by Basura Bash Volunteers
|
Year
|
Number of Volunteers*
|
Trash Collected
|
Recyclables Collected
|
Tires
Collected |
|
March 1995
|
400
|
3.1 tons
|
N/A
|
150
|
|
March 1996
|
800
|
19.6 tons
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
March 1997
|
1,100
|
25 tons
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
March 1998
|
1,100
|
12 tons
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
March 1999
|
1,100
|
16.8 tons
|
N/A
|
62
|
|
March 2000
|
1,500
|
15.87 tons
|
N/A
|
200
|
|
March 2001
|
1,300
|
6.73 tons
|
N/A
|
50
|
|
March 2002
|
800
|
18.72 tons
|
N/A
|
52
|
|
March 2003
|
1,600
|
10.4 tons
|
N/A
|
62
|
|
March 2004
|
1,200
|
25.5 tons
|
N/A
|
**
|
|
March 2005
|
1,550
|
17.3 tons
|
6.02 tons
|
40
|
|
March 2006
|
1,880
|
16.78 tons
|
6.77 tons
|
122
|
|
March 2007
|
2,400
|
61.56 tons
|
7.99 tons
|
1,205
|
|
March 2008
|
2,425
|
25 tons
|
3.5 tons
|
1,614
|
| March 2009 | 2,598 | 30.34 tons | 3.04 tons | 500 |
| March 2010 | 2,825 | 42 tons | 3.7 tons | 250 |
| March 2011 | 2,606 | 35.5 tons | 2.5 tons | 712 |
|
TOTAL
|
27,184
|
382.2 tons
|
33.52 tons
|
5,019
|
*Number of volunteers are an approximation based on the number of registration forms received and the number of t-shirts and canvas tot bags distributed.
