Where does the trash come from?

If you ever wonder where the trash comes from that gathers on our beach - it comes from our bayous and rivers.  The picture below is a net that traps garbage floating down the Buffalo Bayou after the latest storm.  They guys in the boat are trying to gather the garbage.  This is the only net I know of on the Bayou so just imagine how much plastic comes floating down into the Gulf of Mexico to eventually end up on our beaches.  That is a lot.  

This next pic is further up the Bayou.  All that garbage is coming our way for the next beach clean up.  I know it is easy to get mad at the ignorant visitor who leaves his trash - but if we really want to clean our beach we need more nets trapping garbage at the source.  

 

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