St. Charles Trash Tally 2013

Mission: Clean Stream - 
St. Charles Missouri River Clean-up

Bishop's Landing - Lewis and Clark BoatHouse 
and Nature Center

April 6, 2013 - St. Charles, MO

click here to view total results and links to all stories, photos, etc. 

Total Volunteers: 150
MRR Crew:  24
Boats: 7 (4 MRR, 2 MDC, 1 ACOE)
River Miles: 6  (mm 26.5 – 32.5)
River Level: 13 ft on St. Charles Gage
Tires: 108 (an estimated 2 tons)
Landfill Tonnage:  1.8 tons
Scrap Metal:  an estimated .3 tons (stolen from bin before it could be officially weighed)

Total Tonnage:  4.1 Tons!!!

Groups & Agencies Involved: 
The Missouri River Relief Crew, MO Dept. of Conservation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ALF Campers, Commons Lane Elementary School - Stream Steam #3362, St. Phillips Church, Project HEART – Willows Way, Walmart - Store #1265, Sierra Club, Missouri American Water, Cub Scout Pack 971, Clean Stream Crusaders, Starbucks, Evrest,

Names of River Teams: 
River Raiders, Nothings, Lego Otters, River Otters, Friends, ALF, Willows, Operation Irony, Team Melissa, Smooth Operators, Team Green Stream Clean, Cardinals, The Ball Team, River Savers

Trash Tally!

a partial list of items recovered from the Missouri River
 reported by Ruthie Moccia


144 Bags of Trash
71 Tires on rims
30 Tires without rims
2 tractor-trailer Tires on rims
1 very tiny trailer Tire on rim
4 Inner Tubes
6 Chunks O’ Styrofoam
3 squares of green Astro-Turf
2 Styrofoam Coolers
1 – 5-gal. Metal Water Jug
1 Plastic Tub full of Plastic Mesh
1 – 10-gal. Plastic Bucket
8 – 5-gal. Plastic Buckets
2 – 55-gal. Metal Drums
6 - 55-gal. Plastic Barrels

1 Garbage Can
25’ of Plastic Corrugated Pipe
1 Plastic Pallet
1 Plastic Hose
1 Plastic Grate
6 Chunks O Plastic
2 Plastic Gas Cans
1 Aluminum Panel
27 Chunks of Rusted Metal
37’ of  coiled Metal Cable
2 Metal Gas Cans
2 Metal Gas Tanks
1 Metal Oil Drum
32 concrete Construction Pins
15’ of Iron Pipe
9’ of Rebar
1 auto Exhaust Pipe
1 sheet of Fiberglass
4’ of PVC Pipe
7’ of orange Plastic Tubing
1 orange Construction Cone
2 green Plastic Lawn Chairs
1 rusted Folding Chair
1 round Plastic End Table
1 Fringed Blanket
2 Quilts
1 - 4x8 sheet of Fiberglass
2 Fishing Poles

Best Darn Find of the Day. Scale model of casino. Found on riverbank next to casino

1 Fishing Lure
1 Fishing line Weight
1 Backpack
1 MO license plate
1 mile marker 8 Highway Sign on post


Trash Contest Entries!!!!

These were entered by volunteers in the "Git That Garbage Trash Contest". Winners are in bold.

Best Darned Find of the Day
1 Ameristar Casino Scale Replica
1 Message in a Bottle - “We’re drowning…with love. Liz & Kevin, Future Alcoholics of the Midwest, 2007”

Weirdest Trash
1 toy Toilet
1 Baby Doll Head
1 Baby Doll Arm

Biggest Trash
1 Power Brake Booster
1 Camper Shell
1 200-gal. Metal Drum
1 Green Buoy
25 ft. of plastic Drainage Pipe

Most Fashionable
1 Leather Sandal
1 Tennis Shoe

Most Artistic
1 wooden Dice Sign (#5)
1 large actual Dice
1 melted Glass Bottle
1 artificial Hibiscus Flower (faded)
1 Skateboard
1 purple Bubble Wand (which blew beautiful bubbles still)

Oldest Trash
1 empty can of Busch (pull-top)
2 Glass Bottles
1 old Baseball
1 Medicine Bottle

Most Useful
1 plastic Red Shovel
1 Arrow
1 Baseball Helmet
3 Balls
1 full Can of Beer
1 Oil Drainpan
1 Fishing Lure
1 Philips head Screw Driver
1 Fishing Weight
1 Toy Horse Cart
1 flammable Class 3 Window Placard #1993

Best Animal Finds
1 signed Tony the Tiger Baseball
1 map turtle Shell
1 box turtle Shell

1 Deer Antler
1 Jaw Bone