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May Gray: Trash Picked Up By One Person In May 2022

Jun 8
2 min

May Gray: Trash Picked Up By One Person In May 2022

The amount of trash cleaned up off Mission Beach for May is deceivingly lower than last month, but for a good reason. The month of May brought more planned beach cleanups by other organizations with a mission to help keep Mission Beach beautiful. We are so grateful; however, their pickup numbers are not reflected in ours, meaning May's numbers would most likely have been higher than April's. Regardless, we are incredibly thankful for their help! Seed4Greatness invited DTMB to

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Tony Felice

Jun 1
1 min

Bonfires: A Hot Topic

Cathy Ives weighs in on the topic of banning beach bonfires not in City fire rings. This, like so many things are ruined by those who cannot seem to follow the rules and care for their fellow human beings. Beach fires more often lead to trash and debris left behind along with burning embers in the ground. Too often we find broken bottles, left over food, trash and other food waste along with burning embers directly on the sand posing an environmental and a public health haza

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April 2022 Trash Picked Up By One Person

Tim SanFelice

May 11
1 min

April 2022 Trash Picked Up By One Person

It's an unfortunate trend to see our monthly trash pick-up numbers stay consistent. Approximately 17, 843 pieces of trash were picked up off of Mission Beach by just one of our volunteers for the month of April. This number doesn't include our April Beach Cleanup that brought in over 500 lbs of trash by 80 plus volunteers, or the trash picked up daily by our neighborhood residents. Our year-to-date total stands at nearly 60,000 pieces of trash. Why? It's simple, too many peop

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Beach & Bay Press: Keeping Mission Beach clean a daily challenge for residents.

Tony Felice

Apr 28
1 min

Beach & Bay Press: Keeping Mission Beach clean a daily challenge for residents.

On a gorgeous April 9 morning, dozens of volunteers including entire families recovered pounds and pounds of trash they’d collected to be weighed and ultimately disposed of or dispensed for the good of Mission Beach. “It was disappointing to find all the trash in a small area, all the different beer cans, cigarette butts, and sandwiches,” noted Marisa Kaprow of North PB, who joined the beach cleanup, co-sponsored by nonprofit Don’t Trash Mission Beach and the Mission Beach To

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Mission Beach Loses Over Five Hundred Pounds In Just Hours! Learn How Today!

Tony Felice

Apr 15
2 min

Mission Beach Loses Over Five Hundred Pounds In Just Hours! Learn How Today!

The 2nd annual Don't Trash Mission Beach, Beach Clean and Food Drive was a great success. Approximately 80 of our amazing volunteers collected over 500 lbs of trash in South Mission Beach! Included in the mix were over 23 towels and blankets, 61 toys, 23 pairs of shoes, and 500 plus glass and plastic bottles and cans. In addition, over 100 food items were donated to the San Diego Food Bank. We wish to thank all of our sponsors: Mission Beach Town Council, Olive Baking Co, the

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Join us for our next Community Event March 13

Tony Felice

Feb 22, 2021
1 min

Join us for our next Community Event March 13

To register as a volunteer, click here. If you just wish to donate food, you can drive up to either location - we will have masked attendants curbside so you don't even have to get out of your car! If you do volunteer, please bring at least one non-perishable item with you! Also bring your business card, we will be giving away Don't Trash Mission Beach Tee Shirts! (No need to bring paper tickets issued by eventbrite with you, that's just a part of their reservation system, w

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San Diego Reader: The impact of Halloween in Mission Beach

Tony Felice

Nov 11, 2020
1 min

San Diego Reader: The impact of Halloween in Mission Beach

"I, along with others, are extremely angry over the lack of enforcement on Halloween; there were only two police cars at the parking lot at Belmont, and on the beach, there was a couple with an illegal fire, and nothing was done," said Cathy Ives of DontTrashMissionBeach.com. "There were 12 fires that I could see." Almost every day, Ives picks up litter on Mission Beach by the fire pits and the adjacent boardwalk between Belmont Park and the jetty a mile south. On November 6,

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NBC 7 covers our story about the increase in mask and glove trash on the beach.

Tony Felice

Oct 26, 2020
1 min

NBC 7 covers our story about the increase in mask and glove trash on the beach.

Our founders Cathy Ives and Tim and Tony Sanfelice talk about the increase in trash on the beach and their hopes that people are mindful of

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Updated Toys 4 Tots Drive and Beach Cleanup

Tony Felice

Oct 26, 2020
1 min

Updated Toys 4 Tots Drive and Beach Cleanup

We are thrilled to be partnering with the Mission Beach Town Council and Dawn Reilly on this fantastic event to help the Marines' with their

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Thank you to the Cannabis Industry for Helping Out!

Tony Felice

Oct 18, 2020
1 min

Thank you to the Cannabis Industry for Helping Out!

We are always THRILLED when we stumble on wonderful members of the San Diego community who organize beach cleanups! We are so grateful to Krystal from Canndescent, Hikei dispensary, HoneyOil, Riot Scene, Torrey Holistics and all the other Cannabis Businesses, friends and family who organized a beach cleanup here in Mission Beach. We are so grateful to you all and we wish you the very best that Karma can bring! If we have forgotten anyone just let us know! #donttrashmissionbea

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PRESS RELEASE: BEACH CLEANUP AND ART INSTALLATION

Tony Felice

Sep 5, 2020
4 min

PRESS RELEASE: BEACH CLEANUP AND ART INSTALLATION

Press Release: DON'T TRASH MISSION BEACH BEACH CLEANUP AND ART INSTALLATION September 12th - 7am - Belmont Park

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