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Litter comes from many sources: vehicle drivers and passengers, pedestrians, uncovered loads, uncovered trash cans and dumpsters, construction sites, and loading docks. Litter travels and can eventually end up in our creeks, the bay and the ocean. It is also unsightly, and affects the quality of life in our community. Litter prevention is everyone's responsibility. All Bay Area urban creeks, lakes and shorelines were placed on the State Water Resources Control Board 2002 "Monitoring List" due to the potential for trash to impair water quality. In response, the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (SMCWPPP) started a program to identify and clean up trash in urban waterways in San Mateo County. The program includes municipal trash management, monitoring and assessment, community outreach and trash cleanups. |
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Keep Your Watershed Beautiful and Trash Free
Trash – cigarette filters and cigar tips, beverage bottles and cans, straws, six pack rings, packaging and plastic bags – the litany of litter is as varied as the available products. When mishandled, either thoughtlessly or deliberately, these products can end up as litter in our environment. In turn, the litter and pollution from parking lots, streets, and freeways can wind up in the storm drains that flow directly into our creeks, bay, and ocean. All of the varied litter shares a common origin: people! At a critical decision point, someone, somewhere, mishandled it. The good news is that litter, while pervasive, is a solvable pollution problem in our environment.
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