Alex Nagourney writes:
This morning, Lorraine and I had a meeting with StopWaste.org, an organization aimed to reduce the waste stream in Alameda County, about our grant application. Sea Scavenger is applying for both their mini grant (for our Bay Tow Study) and the large grant (for our organization and the Gyre trip). We want to connect with Alameda County because the wind carries trash from the San Francisco shoreline to the Alameda shoreline. We are reaching out to Alameda to clean their trash, too, and analyze it in our Bay Tow.
The meeting went very well. We explained what Sea Scavenger has been doing- Tows, Shoreline Cleanup, fundraising, etc.- and the woman we were meeting with sounded very interested, especially in the research aspect of our Bay Tow Study, such as analyzing the plastic, possibly to find a source of pollution.
After the meeting, Lorraine and I met with the Harbor Master at the Jack London Square Pier about the "Trash Slip." It is a special slip that collects a lot of trash because of the wind, currents, tides, etc. He told us he can't rent it to a boater because it is so dirty. Lucky for us, he offered it to us to analyze! We will be coordinating something with him and getting a key soon. That was really exciting!
This is the "Trash slip" in Jack London Square
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