The state keeps track of the most unusual objects found. This year, a large framed photo of a Jack Russell Terrier was discovered along the Berkeley shoreline.
On a windswept morning, dozens of volunteers scattered along the rocky shores of the Oakland estuary, donning yellow safety vests and wielding orange trash grabbers. Others pushed kayaks into the water, paddling to nearby beaches with trash bags stuffed into life jackets. They came to collect the forgotten remnants of people's lives: plastic Easter eggs, cannabis containers, the rusted skeleton of a bicycle and hundreds of plastic bottle caps washed up on the shoreline.
The day also marked a celebratory return to in-person events after the pandemic disrupted public gatherings and muted turnout. “We are so pleased about returning to in-person cleanups,” said the Coastal Commission’s Executive Director Jack Ainsworth. “These events really do more than help us capture huge amounts of trash before it enters the ocean.”
Mostly though, she sees plastics — a fact that’s consistent statewide. Of the heaps of trash collected this weekend, 75% was plastic waste, the Coastal Commission found — a material that never completely biodegrades. Plastic pollution can kill wildlife, leach toxic chemicals into ecosystems and degrade into tiny fragments that enter the food chain. Microplastics have been detected in commercially farmed shellfish and in beef and pork.
The state also keeps track of the most unusual objects found. This year, a large framed photo of a Jack Russell Terrier was discovered along the Berkeley shoreline. A trophy embossed with a plaque reading “Best Couples Skater 2006” was picked up north of Sacramento. Spicer’s group pulled an abandoned car from a bank near Estuary Park.
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