Happy birthday, trash trap!

🎂 It’s been one year since we installed our Bandalong trash trap along the Peachtree Creek Greenway! Every time it rains, highway pollutants wash down into North Fork Peachtree Creek, which runs parallel to I-85 in Atlanta. This device floats on the surface of the creek to catch litter and debris so that it can be removed by CRK staff, interns, and volunteers before it flows downstream to the Chattahoochee River and breaks into microplastics. This trash trap is our most productive throughout the entire Chattahoochee watershed. Over the course of a year, we have removed more than 420 pounds of recyclables and 2,077 pounds of trash from this trap: a grand total of 2,497 pounds (619 cubic feet) of litter removed! The Peachtree Creek Greenway Bandalong also set a record this summer for CRK’s largest single-day trash trap haul, weighing in at 310 pounds of trash and recyclables in just one afternoon. Thank you to the City of Brookhaven, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Microsoft, and volunteers from the Peachtree Creek Greenway for supporting this trash trap. Learn more about our trash trap program on our website at the link in bio. 📹: @jillianewhitt @bonnenviro @brookhavengagov @peachtreecreekgreenway #trashfreechattahoochee