Trash Pickup Day 6


Day 6 (Wednesday, 4/19):
morning:
-1 styrofoam cup
-11-13 cigarettes
-15 small pieces of plastic
-1 plastic straw

















afternoon:
-5 cigarettes
-2 candy wrappers
-1 piece of gum
-1 small piece of rubber
-3-5 small pieces of plastic
-1 broken pencil
-1 pen
-1 spider man sticker
-1 bottle cap



I found a Spiderman sticker on the sidewalk today! I also forgot to bring my waterproof gloves, so I had to wear different gloves, as shown in this picture. It wasn't raining as I was walking, but it had rained earlier in the day, so the trash was very wet.

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