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Written by Caryl Worden
 The first few hundred metres of Shawnigan Creek, as it outflows from the lake, got its annual "once over" from Shawnigan Lake School"s Environment Club and the School"s new Service Club. The School has been taking part in the International Coastal Cleanup for a number of years now and this stretch of the creek has certainly benefited. Some of the most abundant forms of litter collected this year included the "usual suspects"—plastic bags (94), food packaging (246), plastic and paper cups (169), recyclable beverage containers (97) and tobacco packaging (153). But the big "winner" (culprit) was once again the dreaded cigarette butt. Students diligently collected a whopping 746 of them! In the end, over 1,600 pieces of litter were collected!The most interesting find of the day was when one lucky member of the E-Club found a folded $100 bill in the bushes between the creek and the road. Well, it"s what I have always professed. It pays to be GREEN! – Scott Noble, teacher Photo by Stephen Lane
Posted on Wednesday September 30, 2009 at 6:55 pm
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