Saturday, November 13, 2010

Supermarket Bay View II

Following up a little tally I made in August. Here's an updated list of all the brands & foods for which I've found plastic trash littering Bay View beach:

Fruit Candies:
* Walmart Fruit Smiles - Raspberry
* Fruit Rollups
* Kellogg’s Fruit Rolls - Wizards of Waverly Place
* Yogos Crashers - Berry Melon Mania
* Welch’s Fruit Snacks - Mixed Fruit

Crackers:
* Austin - Peanut Butter
* Lance - Smoke House Cheddar
* Ritz - Peanut Butter
* Kraft HandiSnacks Crackers & Cheese

Chips:
* Kettle Brand - Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper
* Pringles Multigrain
* Cape Cod - Sea Salt & Vinegar

Grain/Granola Snacks:
* Rice Krispies Treats - Original
* Walmart Granola - Peanut Butter & Choc Chip
* Nature Valley Granola - (Unk. variety)
* Quaker Chewy Granola - Chocolate Chunk
* Quaker Chewy Granola - Smores
* Quaker Dipps Caramel Nut
* Sunbelt Chewy Granola - Chocolate Chip

Sweets:
* Hershey’s Bar - Original
* Airheads
* Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
* Tootsie Roll
* Tootsie Roll Pops
* Betty Crocker - Scooby Doo Fruit-Flavored Snacks
* Good Humor - Ice Cream Sandwich
* Columbina Chomp - Orange
* Columbina Chomp - Lemon
* Ghirardelli Chocolate
* Jolly Rancher - Watermelon
* Jolly Rancher - Cherry
* Whoppers
* Twix
* KitKat
* Butterscotch
* Snickers
* Twizzlers
* "Crazy Candy" - unknown flavor
* Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottle

Condiments:
* Ketchup - McDonald’s
* Ketchup - Heinz
* Generic - Pepper pack
* Salad Oil - generic
* Grated parmesan cheese - Single Serv
* Taco Bell Border Sauce - Fire

Gum/Mint:
* Listerine Cool Mints
* Trident
* Wrigley’s - ?
* Wrigley's - Spearmint
* Hall’s
* Extra
* Juicy Fruit

Drinks:
* Sam’s Club - Water
* Capri Sun - Fruit Punch
* Capri Sun - Surfer Cooler
* Capri Sun Roarin Waters - Grape
* Shaw’s - Natural Spring Water
* Gatorade - Performance (Orange)
* Poland Spring - Water
* Price Chopper - Sparkling Water (Blackberry)
* Price Chopper - Sparkling Water (Raspberry/Blackberry)
* Coors Light
* Niagara - Water
* Rite Aid Pantry - Water
* Diet Pepsi
* Powerade - Mountain Berry Blast
* Miller Lite

Drink Flavorings:
* Crystal Light - Green Tea
* Crystal Light - Fruit Punch
* Generic - Raspberry
* Totally Light - Lemonade
* Koolaid Singles - Grape

Fresh Fruit:
* Banana
* Apricot
* Nectarine
* Apple - Macintosh
* Apple - Granny Smith #4017
* Apple - Empire #4124
* Apple - Fuji #4129
* Lemon - California #4958

Meats/Serious Foods:
* Little Caesar’s Pizza Heat Sheet
* Oscar Mayer - Lunchables w/cheese
* Hannaford - Turkey Club Wrap
* Slim Jim (OK, not a serious food and only questionably meat, but this is the best fit)
* Red Swiss Chard
* Bread (unknown brand)
* Stonyfield Organic Yogurt - Vanilla
* Gogurt SpongeBob - Strawberry


I'll repeat my comment from August, because it still applies: "We all know it's a plastic world. But when you start tallying the list of ordinary, everyday food packaging that winds up as permanent junk on a nice beach -- that's when you realize just how far down the rabbit hole we've come."

2 comments:

  1. If everyone who visits a beach makes the point of picking up at least one item of rubbish every time they go there then that would make a big difference.

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  2. That's what keeps my spirits up -- the fact that the answer really isn't that hard! The hard part is the first step -- seeing that there's a problem. Once you're there, you've already become part of the solution.

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