Wounded Nature-Working Veterans was able to return the south end of Daniel Island to its original, pristine condition. This was a fairly lightweight cleanup since there was more trash than debris in this area. This area is an oyster rookery and is critical to South Carolina’s shellfish population. In addition to removing a lot of foam and plastic, our volunteers removed a substantial amount of fishing line, rope, netting, and the remnants of a crab trap. All of these items, had they been left in place, would have served to capture and hold animals in place causing them to slowly starve to death.
Sponsors who made the cleanup possible:
Adventure Harbor Tours
All Around Tires
Bacardi
Charleston Resort Marina
Liquid Culture
Petra Metals
Participating companies:
Boeing
Cummins Inc.
Participating Government Agencies
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission
Results of the cleanup:
8 cubic yards in the dumpster (net weight 2,200 pounds) and 2 tires (100 pounds), equaling another .5 cubic yards taken by a tire retail store for disposal.
Contents of trash collected:
NOTE: We did a much better job of inventorying the trash and debris collected on this cleanup. As always a number of interesting items were found. Some pieces of debris that are found make sense like articles of clothing that can blow out of a boat, whereas other items like an orange road barricade or the back half of a TV make you wonder – “how did that end up on this stretch of coastline?”
Trash and Debris Inventory:
| 1 pair pants | 6 shoes | 2 hats |
| 1 towel | 19 pieces of fishing line | 4 fishing bobbers |
| 3 nets | 24 ropes | 3 fishing related items |
| 464 pieces of foam | 32 glass beverage containers | 52 glass items |
| 1 light bulb (unbroken) | 5 metal beverage containers | 23 paper/cardboard items |
| 3 balloons | 46 plastic bottles | 9 detached bottle caps |
| 44 food wrappers/containers | 71 single-use bags | 9 straws |
| 2 plastic utensils | 4 cigarette lighters | 7 plastic tarps/sheets |
| 26 plastic items | 2 balls | 9 rubber items/not tires |
| 32 wood items | 27 pieces of snow/sand fence | 1 orange road barricade |
| 1 partial roll of bubble wrap | 1 solar panel | 1 boat seat |
| 1 dog bowl | 1 door mat | 1 crab trap (mangled) |
| 1 trash can lid | 1 back of a TV set |
