XSTREAM CLEANUP PRELIMINARY CLEANUP RESULTS
QUAD CITIES—Volunteers at the seventh annual Xstream Cleanup on Saturday, August 14 removed approximately 50,573 pounds of debris from area waterways and illegal dumping sites. Cleanups were held at 42 locations in Bettendorf, Davenport and LeClaire, Iowa; Campbell’s Island, Coal Valley, East Moline, Milan, Rock Island and Silvis, Illinois.
1,243 volunteers worked a total of 3,394 hours and collectively gathered 1,287 bags of trash, 682 tires, 14 appliances, 10 bicycles, 25 pieces of furniture, 13 televisions and 16 mattresses. This was the equivalent of 25,730 pounds of trash, 22,968 pounds of tires, 1,050 pounds of appliances, 195 pounds of televisions, 400 pounds of mattresses and 230 pounds of bicycles for a grand total of 50,573 pounds.
Additional items, reflected in the pounds above, included:
• Automotive-related items (bumper, muffler, van seats, front of car, rims, engine head, doors, battery, gas cans)
• Home items (carpet, shingles, siding, sink, chandelier, storm door, laundry basket, filing cabinet, air conditioner, six grills, four toilets, clothing, blankets)
• Metal (fence, pipe, sheet metal, iron tubes, tools, 80 lb metal chain)
• Kids’ items (car seat, sled, swing set, slide, inflatable pool, kite, stroller)
• Large items (farm implements, lawn mower, car, part of a camper, two boats, bench grinder, railroad hand cart)
• Electronics (VCRs, TVs, computers)
• Miscellaneous (tiki light, Bettendorf HS sign, fisherman’s basket with fish, traffic light, bowling ball, wheelbarrow, channel buoy, shopping carts, eight barrels, picnic bench, gas station sign, Styrofoam, 5-gallon buckets)
In addition, this year the following locations worked on beautification efforts:
• Nahant Marsh: removed 33 cubic yards of invasive species.
• North High School grounds: pulled 75 invasive trees and shrubs and planted 175 native plants.
• West Lake Park: removed one acre of invasive honeysuckle (the equivalent of 150 mature plants).
• Duck Creek at Middle Park in Bettendorf: removed 40 garbage bags of invasive species.
• Duck Creek at Fairmount in Davenport: removed three 30-yard dumpsters of woody invasive species.
Photos of several cleanup sites can be viewed on-line at www.xstreamcleanup.org.
iLivehere, with the help of Waste Commission of Scott County staff members, helps to coordinate Xstream Cleanup each August.
This year was the 7th annual Xstream Cleanup, which was held on Saturday, August 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Over 1,200 volunteers gave up their Saturday morning to get dirty and sweaty. That’s hard work!
The hardest work I did on Saturday figuring out how to get photos from 42 different site coordinators downloaded and then uploaded correctly to our public album! Luckily, we worked out all of the bugs. There are hundreds of really cool photos on our Flickr site so be sure to check those out! You’ll be amazed at what these volunteers dug up!
So, thank you to the volunteers, coordinators and sponsors who made Xstream Cleanup 2010 possible. Without all of you, the following would not have been possible:
- Cleanups at 42 locations in Bettendorf, Davenport and LeClaire, Iowa; Campbell’s Island, Coal Valley, East Moline, Milan, Rock Island and Silvis, Illinois
- 50,573 pounds of debris from area waterways and dump sites
- 1,243 volunteers worked a total of 3,394 hours
- Removed 1,287 bags of trash, 682 tires, 14 appliances, 10 bicycles, 25 pieces of furniture, 13 televisions and 16 mattresses
Plus, cleaned up all of these things:
- Automotive-related items (bumper, muffler, van seats, front of car, rims, engine head, doors, battery, gas cans)
- Home items (carpet, shingles, siding, sink, chandelier, storm door, laundry basket, filing cabinet, air conditioner, six grills, four toilets, clothing, blankets)
- Metal (fence, pipe, sheet metal, iron tubes, tools, 80 lb metal chain)
- Kids’ items (car seat, sled, swing set, slide, inflatable pool, kite, stroller)
- Large items (farm implements, lawn mower, car, part of a camper, two boats, bench grinder, railroad hand cart)
- Electronics (VCRs, TVs, computers)
- Miscellaneous (tiki light, Bettendorf HS sign, fisherman’s basket with fish, traffic light, bowling ball, wheelbarrow, channel buoy, shopping carts, eight barrels, picnic bench, gas station sign, Styrofoam, 5-gallon buckets)
And conducted these beautification efforts:
- Nahant Marsh: removed 33 cubic yards of invasive species
- North High School grounds: pulled 75 invasive trees and shrubs and planted 175 native plants
- West Lake Park: removed one acre of invasive honeysuckle (the equivalent of 150 mature plants).
- Duck Creek at Middle Park in Bettendorf: removed 40 garbage bags of invasive species
- Duck Creek at Fairmount in Davenport: removed three 30-yard dumpsters of woody invasive species
