Trash Watch

Be a Bucket Head!

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:59:00 +0000

I was recently contacted by Ben and Lori who maintain the In the Bucket blog. Fed up with litter just like I am, they decided to do something about it.

Here is a description of In the Bucket, then Ben sent me the other day:

Our mission started after watching a PBS documentary with a team of volunteers cleaning up river beds and then later that night watching Obama delivering a speech which prompted us to ask the almighty question of "what can we do to help?" We decided to start picking up litter where we live, which is West Seattle. Two buckets a week was our goal. We are now up to 40 buckets and counting and have travelled all over Western Washington finding litter wherever we go. Much of it is of the corporate (i.e. McDonald's, 7-11, Aquafina) variety.

We encourage all others to join our cause and fill a bucket or bag and send us a picture, we'd love to add you and any of your readers to our Bucket Head club!

Check out the great work Ben and Lori are doing to get people to re-think the notion of littering. Do the right thing, be a Bucket Head!

Sean

McDonald's hits the street of Minneapolis....

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:44:00 +0000

No thanks to the ever present McDonald's for littering E. 42nd Street between Cedar and Longfellow Avenues in Minneapolis (photo taken today).

So much for corporate responsibility.

Here is where you can send a note to express your disappointment to McDonald's leaving their litter on our streets: http://apps.mcdonalds.com/contactus/navigate.do?link=socialresp

Thanks to the talented Ann Reed for the photo and the e-mail.

Cheers!

Sean

A Kick in the Butt!

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:32:00 +0000

It's funny how people you know can be on the same page without even knowing it. I recently got a message from fellow blogger Billy Goodnick from Santa Barbara, California who wrote an article titled Ciggy Butts regarding a subject that quite frankly fries me...... cigarette butts being flinged to the ground from the careless pedestrian or driver.

Now, I'm not saying all smokers do this, but, on my daily commute, I see it being done at least once a week, if not more often. This is litter, no question, but why do people do it?
Billy's article was quite insightful and shared the same frustration I hold and I imagine a few others do as well.

Doing research on the subject I ran across a website, LitterButt.com that just didn't tackle the nationwide scourge of litter but focused specifically on cigarette butts. Here is a myth, that some littering smokers rely on to excuse the behavior.... cigarette butts are made from cotton; therefore they biodegrade, right? Wrong!

According to LitterButt.com, "The filters in cigarette butts are made from cellulose acetate, a form of NON-biodegradable plastic. It takes about 15 years for a cigarette butt to break down in the environment. Pollutants contained in the butts can affect water quality."

So what to do? LitterButt.com says, you see a cigarette but flinged from a car, call it in to the local police agency, in some states they will actually follow up with it and cite and fine the individual.

Cigarette butts are litter, no way to justify it any other way. Thanks Billy for reminding us all on this problem. Time to get our fellow smokers, some family and friends and good people indeed, to rethink the "flick and forget."

Sean

flickr - photo by edgeplot

Consumer Change Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:29:00 +0000

This interview was recently posted on my blog, Bamboo Geek. What I do through Trash Watch is much like what Marlene at Consumer Change is doing - keeping corporations honest to the sustainability and corporate responsibility statements they hold - its more about doing than saying. Without further adieu, my interview of Marlene from the website, Consumer Change:

I was recently contacted by Marlene of the web site Consumer Change. She introduced the site to me and encouraged me to register and check it out. First it was free (can't beat that) and once I spent some time looking around, I thought: Brilliant! Consumer Change enables the average person to provide feedback to corporations easily on areas they can improve on in the realm of sustainability. Getting a hotel to offer recycle bins in the lobby for their guests to using recycled-content paper in a mailer, you name it Consumer Change provides an easy way to speak your mind.... and be heard!

In my first Q + A interview, Marlene gives us the lowdown on this exciting new site.......

Have you seen a business practice lately that could be greener? A hotel or coffee shop that does not have paper recycling for your newspaper or a diner that uses plastic cutlery? Consumer Change allows consumers (like you and me) to provide feedback to businesses on their environmental practices. You can also view the corporate responsibility statement (if available) of the businesses, feedback from other users and the businesses' responses. Registration is free and it is an easy way to make a difference.

1. Please tell us how Consumer Change got started? What was the defining moment that prompted you to take action and create Consumer Change?

I had been emailing hotels on the lack of their recycling facilities for guests for a long time. It was time consuming to find their web site, find and fill the on-line contact form only to get a canned response saying they will take my comments into consideration. Last year I was reading a British newspaper which carried a series of letters from employees tattle-telling on their employers' bad environmental practices when I thought there has to be a better way of doing this. That was when the idea of a web-based community site to provide feedback to companies began.

2. What do you think the biggest challenges a consumer faces these days when they want to provide feedback on the environmental practices undertaken by corporations? Are there specific industries that you have found to be the most receptive? Least receptive? Where is the biggest opportunity for consumers to make an impact?

I have not found receptiveness to be industry based. However, by the nature of the site, most of the feedback goes to airlines, hotels, and coffee shops.The biggest challenge for a user is not to give up after a canned e-mail response. I encourage users to provide feedback even if someone else has already provided the same feedback to the same company. We ask users to provide the month and location they last used the company's services so the business can see that these are genuine consumers. The more consumers raise an issue, the more powerful that feedback becomes and the greater likelihood for change.The biggest opportunity is the simple stuff, such as availability of recycling, use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, using recycled paper for marketing materials - real simple ideas that are often overlooked by businesses.

3. It seems like corporate responsibility statements and sustainability policies are everywhere these days. Generally speaking, have you found these policies to have substance? Are they mostly window dressing or are you finding some really good companies out there that have made changes as a result of Consumer Change?

I am trying hard not to become disenchanted with corporate responsibility statements. So many say the right things but the statement is not carried through to all levels of the corporation. In March I stayed at a Wyndham resort, their environmental statement says they will recycle but there were no facilities on-site for guests. I called down to the front desk and the person I spoke to was unaware of the policy. Consumer Change has a link to the company's corporate responsibility statement, if it is available on-line, so users can refer to it when providing feedback to companies.

4. What benefit does Consumer Change provide to those who participate?

The main benefit is the ability to make a difference whether that is individually or as part of the Consumer Change community. Registration is free and we have done all the work for users so they don't have to find the company's web site and then look for contact information; they just register on Consumer Change and find the company to contact from the Feedback Directory.

5. Can you tell us about some successes from Consumer Change?

Amicis East Coast Pizzeria eliminated unwanted promotional magnets with their pizza delivery based on one e-mail feedback. That felt good. Amicis has 10 locations and if each one did only ten deliveries a day, that's 36,500 unnecessary promotional magnets a year we have saved. Given their willingness to receive feedback and change so quickly (not to mention their yummy pizzas) they have become my favorite pizzeria.

6. While operating Trash Watch, my anti-litter blog, I have encountered canned corporate e-mails and a lot of avoidance by corporations to deal with the litter that hold partial responsibility for, frankly it can be discouraging. Do you have any words of encouragement for our readers?

I agree, the canned corporate e-mail is discouraging. I believe in strength in numbers. With enough feedback, I believe corporations will realize that they cannot get away with canned feedback any more and start taking their consumers more seriously.

7. If Consumer Change leaves one lasting legacy, what would it be?

It would be to make the world a better place - is that too ambitious? How about put recycling in every hotel room!

Check out Consumer Change at www.consumerchange.org ."

Sean

Corporate-logoed litter: Aquafina bottled water in Grass Valley, CA

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:28:00 +0000

Thanks to Nina for submitting the latest example of corporate logoed litter.

Company logo on litter: Aquafina Bottled Water

Litter description: Plastic water bottle

Litter found on: July 10, 2008

Litter location: Pinecreek Center on Freeman Lane, Grass Valley, CA

Contact: PepsiCo at 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577; (914) 253-2000; Ian Cook, CEO.

Trash Watch featured on Simple Living Network newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Thanks Simple Living Network.

If you are into all things environmental, living within your means and simplifying your life in this crazy world we live in, then you should check out the Simple Living Network.The good folks at the Simple Living Network did a nice excerpt in their newsletter on Trash Watch and what it stands for - taking the battle against litter right to the steps of corporate America, getting corporate America to take part of the responsibility for the litter found in our neighborhoods that has their very own logo on it.

Thanks Simple Living Network for your support of Trash Watch!

I need your stories and photos of corporate-logoed litter found in your neighborhood

I have gotten several e-mails with stories of corporate litter in neighborhoods and accompanying photos. Thanks to those who have sent this information in.

Keep those stories and photos coming. Send me an e-mail with a photo of the litter you find in your neighborhood to sean@madmanbamboo.com. One photo per piece of litter. Please submit photos that have a clear corporate logo on it. List the date found, the street you found it on (with nearest cross street), city, state and date you found it. I will post the photo and story on Trash Watch.

Corporations Hiding Behind Canned Messages and Vacant Corporate Responsibility Statements

So far, here is a list of companies that I have sent e-mails to (along with several of my readers):

McDonald's - Three e-mails from me, several canned responses, final response was: Not our problem, its the franchisee's problem.

Leinenkugel Beer - One e-mail, plus several reader e-mails, response: none.

Next on my e-mail list is 7-11, who is causing a significant litter problem in my neighborhood. I'll likely send out my e-mail this weekend. More to come on this.

Have a great holiday and thanks for your support!

Sean

One walk, four Slurpee cups found on one block, I see a trend here....

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:29:00 +0000

This is extremely discouraging, we took a walk this evening and found four Slurpee cups on a one block stretch near my home. Trash Watch has featured 7-11 before and I am at a point now where I need to speak up. The source is a 7-11 store about a quarter-mile down the street. I'm going to write the company first, if I don't get a response or get the same type of canned responses like I have gotten with McDonald's, then next stop is to contact my City Council. More to come on this....

Canned messages from McDonald's

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:44:00 +0000

McDonald's, work with me here!

Thanks to Meghan for sharing her response from McDonald's after she e-mailed them. It came from a different person, but the response was exactly the same, word for word.

I'm not surprised, I guess, that I got a canned response from McDonald's. To me it shows a deep level of insincerety and it makes it really hard for me to believe that McDonald's cares about the litter problem here in the U.S.

I'm not giving up. This will be my third e-mail to McDonald's that I will send tonight requesting a real response from an actual person. I'd really like them to pursue a program like they have in place in the UK. Real action in the neighborhoods that have a litter problem, due in part, to having McDonald's doing business nearby.

I need your photos and litter stories

Expose the litter problem in your neighborhood!

Send me an e-mail with a photo of the litter you find in your neighborhood to sean@madmanbamboo.com. One photo per piece of litter. Please submit photos that have a clear corporate logo on it. List the date found, the street you found it on (with nearest cross street), city, state and date you found it. I will post the photo on this blog (at my discretion). At some point, I will gather photos and the data you give me and bring it to the offending company's attention. What I will ask the offending company to do is either (1) send their employees to pick up the litter; or (2) help support a local, state or national litter clean-up organization with a donation. Being a good corporate citizen means do something about it.

Time to ask these companies to do their share and help clean-up litter in our neighborhoods!

Sean

Response from McDonald's; Trash Watch replies back

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:10:00 +0000

Today, I received a response back from McDonald's regarding their trash found in my neighborhood on June 15:

"Hello Sean:

Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's. We truly appreciate customer feedback and welcome this opportunity to share some information with you.

McDonald's Corporation has a long history of helping the environment, going back to 1955 when our founder, Ray Kroc, picked up litter for several blocks surrounding his first restaurant.

Today, litter is a widespread social problem, and we at McDonald's are very concerned about doing our part to keep the environment litter-free. Many of our restaurants have "litter patrols" which pick up rubbish on McDonald's property, as well as adjacent properties. We always want to be a good neighbor, so we encourage our franchisees to participate in community clean-ups. McDonald's has always had strict standards to ensure clean restaurants and surroundings. And, McDonald's paper bags and cups carry the friendly reminder icon of a person throwing litter in a trash can. We hope this encourages proper disposal.

Please refer to the Community Section of our website at www.mcdonalds.com for more details about our commitment to preserve and protect the environment.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact us about this important issue.

Jessie
McDonald's Customer Response Center"

________________________________________________________

And my response, sent back to McDonald's tonight:

"Dear Jessie,

Thank you for your response back. I appreciate that Ray Kroc showed committment to the community he did business in back in the 50's, unfortunately, I'm not seeing the same commitment here in Rocklin, CA.

In looking at your site in the Combatting Litter section, I was impressed with the "Just Bin It" Campaign that McDonald's UK has undertaken. In it, the site states that restaurant staff work with local community organizations and volunteers to remove litter from their neighborhoods. The site states that in 2005, 250 such events were held in the UK. The site further describes very active efforts in Germany, Switzerland and Australia.

There is no mention of a similar active program in the United States. While I appreciate that litter is removed adjacent to the McDonald's property, that still does not address the fact that McDonald's litter is found in neighborhoods around the McDonald's.

I understand that McDonald's Corporate encourages franchisees to participate in community clean-ups and that you have freindly reminders not to litter, but I'm not sure that is going to solve the problem that I see in my neighborhood in Rocklin, CA.

If you could please pass on to the President and CEO, that I'd like to see McDonald's USA adopt a program similar to what was done in McDonald's UK, an active participation in local community organizations that deal with litter locally and/or providing financial support to local litter clean-up organizations where a litter problem, in part, attributable to McDonald's has been identified.

I'd be happy to help McDonald's USA get connected to our local litter clean-up organization that serves Rocklin, CA. Stepping up and taking an active role speaks volumes for the commitment you have for the communities you do business in. Your help in combatting litter is appreciated.

Sean"

For those who did send an e-mail to McDonald's (thank you), I'd appreciate you sharing the responses you received back. You can either e-mail me or post in the comment section. Thanks.

Sean @ Trash Watch

General Mills litter found in Folsom, CA; Trash Watch E-Mail Campaign continues

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:19:00 +0000

Corporate Logoed Litter Found in Folsom, CA

Many thanks to Katie for submitting the latest example of corporate logoed litter.

Company logo on litter: Chex Mix (General Mills)

Litter description: Snack bag

Litter found on: June 23, 2008

Litter location: Iron Point Road near McAdoo Road, Folsom, CA

Contact: General Mills, Inc.; 1-800-328-1144 between (7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT, weekdays); P.O. Box 9452 Minneapolis, MN 55440; Kendall J. Powell, CEO, General Mills.

Thanks Katie for sending this to Trash Watch.

Update on Trash Watch E-Mail Campaign

Three e-mails sent to McDonald's today; no response as of this post

Three e-mails sent to Leinenkugel Beer today; no response as of this post

The Trash Watch E-Mail Campaign continues, e-mail templates and contact information is below. Please keep sending these companies your e-mails asking them to do something about their litter found in our neighborhoods.

Sean

Trash Watch e-mail campaign: Tell these companies to stop littering in our neighborhoods

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:53:00 +0000

Great suggestion from Meghan, a Trash Watch reader, who asked for a list of companies that she could e-mail asking them to invest some of their resources to clean up the litter found in neighborhoods that have their company logo on it. Originally, I thought I could do the legwork, write the letters, and hopefully get the corporations posted on Trash Watch to step up and help deal with their litter in our neighborhoods. But, hey, this was a really good suggestion, so without further adieu, I offer "Trash Watch's Do-It-Yourself E-Mail Kit." All you need, to write an e-mail, is down below:

1. Below is a list of the coporations you can write an e-mail to, pick one, pick them all, its your choice:

McDonalds c/o Don Thompson, President - (click here) - you can also let them know what you think on their blog Open for Discussion .

[Copy and paste into your e-mail]

"Dear Mr. Thompson,

I recently saw your company was listed on Trash Watch, a blog that posts coporate logoed litter found in neighborhoods across the nation. Every piece litter has a face attached to it, each person shares responsibility for not littering, but so do corporations. Trash Watch asks that companies who have thier litter posted on the site to take responsibility and correct it. To show that you care about the neighborhoods you do business in and that your company embraces corporate responsibility, I suggest you either (1) send your employees to clean up the affected areas; or (2) contribute to a local non-profit in the affected area that conducts litter clean-ups. For companies that show leadership and correct the situation, Trash Watch will recognize your company's efforts and add your company to its Good Corporate Citizen list. Thank you in advance for keeping our neighborhoods free of corporate logoed litter.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]"

Leinenkugel Beer c/o Jake Leinenkugel, President - leinielodge@leinenkugels.com

[Copy and paste into your e-mail]

"Dear Mr. Leinenkugel,

I recently saw your company was listed on Trash Watch, a blog that posts coporate logoed litter found in neighborhoods across the nation. Every piece litter has a face attached to it, each person shares responsibility for not littering, but so do corporations. Trash Watch asks that companies who have thier litter posted on the site to take responsibility and correct it. To show that you care about the neighborhoods you do business in and that your company embraces corporate responsibility, I suggest you either (1) send your employees to clean up the affected areas; or (2) contribute to a local non-profit in the affected area that conducts litter clean-ups. For companies that show leadership and correct the situation, Trash Watch will recognize your company's efforts and add your company to its Good Corporate Citizen list. Thank you in advance for keeping our neighborhoods free of corporate logoed litter.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]"

2. If you send an e-mail to one of these companies, drop me an e-mail at sean@madmanbamboo.com or simply post in the "Comments" section of this blog. This is not a requirement, but it would be nice to know and keep track of.

More companies contact information to come. Join the Trash Watch e-mail campaign and help battle litter in our neighborhoods.

Sean

How Trash Watch works - submit your photos today!

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Expose the litter problem in your neighborhood!

Send me an e-mail with a photo of the litter you find in your neighborhood to sean@madmanbamboo.com. One photo per piece of litter. Please submit photos that have a clear corporate logo on it.

List the date found, the street you found it on (with nearest cross street), city, state and date you found it. I will post the photo on this blog (at my discretion). At some point, I will gather photos and the data you give me and bring it to the offending company's attention.

What I will ask the offending company to do is either (1) send their employees to pick up the litter; or (2) help support a local, state or national litter clean-up organization with a donation.

Being a good corporate citizen means do something about it. Time to ask these companies to do their share and help clean-up litter in our neighborhoods!

Trash Watch appears on Grist List today!

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:58:00 +0000

On Thursday, I was contacted by Assistant Editor Sarah van Schagen from www.grist.org yesterday and she said that they were going to mention Trash Watch on the Friday Grist List e-blast.

Sure enough, it was on today's Grist List! I went from about 5 visitors a day to now over 300 in less than 6 hours. Woo hoo!

Check it out at by clicking here, scroll down to #4.

Thank you Grist for getting the word out on Trash Watch.

Sean

Corporate littering in Minneapolis, MN

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:43:00 +0000

Many thanks to Coal of Minneapolis, Minnesota who submitted the latest corporate litterbug story and photo, a Leinenkugel beer can found right behind her own backyard. According to Coal, "I like the beer, just not left in my yard..." We agree Coal, we can do without the litter ourselves.....

Company logo on litter: Leinenkugel Beer

Litter description: Beer can

Litter found on: June 17, 2008

Litter location: 7th Avenue and 37th Street, Minneapolis, MN

Contact: Leinenkugel Beer, 1-888-534-6437; PO Box 337, 124 E. Elm St., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729; Jake Leinenkugel, President, Leinenkugel Beer.

Trash Watch's success is due in part to people like Coal. Be the next one to submit a photo and story of corporate littering in your neighborhood.

Send me an e-mail with a photo of the litter you find in your neighborhood to sean@madmanbamboo.com. One photo per piece of litter. Please submit photos that have a clear corporate logo on it. List the date found, the street you found it on (with nearest cross street), city, state and date you found it.I will post the photo on this blog (at my discretion). At some point, I will gather photos and the data you give me and bring it to the offending company's attention.What I will ask the offending company to do is either (1) send their employees to pick up the litter; or (2) help support a local, state or national litter clean-up organization with a donation.Being a good corporate citizen means do something about it. Time to ask these companies to do their share and help clean-up litter in our neighborhoods!

Trash Watch featured on Recycle Nebraska Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:40:00 +0000

"Should Corporations Share Responsibility for Public Litter?

When you visit your local park, you expect a clean, healthy place to ride your bike, play on the swingset or swim. But we've all seen our fair share of litter and litterbugs. Whose responsibility is it to keep our public spaces looking their best? The simplest answer would be to say that we should all be responsible for the trash we produce. Some might say that it should be the city's job to keep its streets and parks clean. Or you may feel that everyone in the community should pitch in to clean up when it's needed. But should the corporations that make the packaging hold some of the responsibility, too?

Sean Bigley thinks so. He started Trash Watch to highlight litter covered with corporate logos. On his website, he asks readers to take pictures of public litter with a corporate logo on it and submit it to him. He hopes to bring this issue to the forefront of a national dialogue. You may ask, "How is McDonald's going to stop someone from dropping that bag in my park?" Sean's answer is this: "They can help through educating their customers, working with the affected community to clean-up the litter their establishments create locally; and/or support their local litter clean-up organizations in the communities they do business in. Its all about being accountable and being a good neighbor."Should corporations bear some of the responsibility for the growing litter problem we have in this country or does responsibility lie with those who purchased these products? Or maybe it's both.

We'd like to know what you think. Send us an email, and we'll post the results in our next newsletter.Visit Sean Bigley's blog, Trash Watch"

June 2008 Recycle Nebraska Newsletter, a publication of the Nebraska State Recycling Association.

McDonald's litter in my neighborhood: "I'm not lovin' it"

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:06:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: McDonald's

Litter description: Drink cup

Litter found on: June 15, 2008

Litter location: Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: McDonald's, 1-800-244-6227; 2111 McDonald's Dr, Oak Brook, IL 60523; Don Thompson, President, McDonald's USA.

An urban tumbleweed courtesy of Winco Foods....

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: Winco Foods

Litter description: One-use plastic shopping bag

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: Winco Foods, Bill Long, President, no contact information on website.

More Frito Lay branded litter.....

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: Rold Gold Pretzels (aka Frito Lay, Inc., division of PepsiCo)

Litter description: Empty pretzel bag

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: Frito Lay, Inc.; 1-800-352-4477; Monday - Friday; 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Central Standard Time.

Stop littering in my neighborhood and I'll say.... "Oh thank heaven!"

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:46:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: 7-11

Litter description: Slurpee Cup

Litter found on: June 4, 2008

Litter location: West Oaks Blvd. at Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: 7-Eleven Customer Relations number at 800-255-0711. Joseph DePinto, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Save Mart strikes again......

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:02:00 +0000

Tonight on my walk I found a treasure trove of litter nicely bagged in a Save Mart Supermarket plastic bag with a receipt with two 7-Up bottles and an empty Skittles package in the bag. Luckily, the litterer took their Coke with them (or at least dumped it somewhere out of my sight). So here is the tally (this is two for Save Mart in a week):

Company logo on litter: Save Mart Supermarkets, 7-Up and Skittles (Mars, Inc.)

Litter description: Two 7-Up bottles, one plastic bag and one empty Skittles bag.

Litter found on: June 3, 2008

Litter location: West Oaks Blvd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., Attn: Consumer Relations, P.O. Box 869077, Plano, TX 75086/ Save Mart Consumer Relations line toll-free at 800-692-5710, Monday through Friday from 8 AM until 4:30 PM. Bob Piccinini, Chairman and CEO of Save Mart/ Mars, Inc., contact them at 1-800-551-9982.

Per the receipt, the store that sold this bag of what eventually became litter dumped in my neighborhood is located at 3021 Stanford Ranch Road, Rocklin, CA. The store can be contacted at (916) 435-2828.

I encourage Save Mart's CEO, Bob Piccinini or his store manager to contact me, I'd love to get their support in battling litter in our town that they do business in.

Sean

This litter isn't "Cool."

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:27:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: Doritos Cool Ranch (aka Frito Lay, Inc., division of PepsiCo)

Litter description: Empty chip bag

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: Frito Lay, Inc.; 1-800-352-4477; Monday - Friday; 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Central Standard Time.

Today's corporate litterbug - Kraft Foods

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: Capri Sun juice pouch

Litter description: Empty juice pouch

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: Kraft Foods at 1-877-535-5666, Monday through Friday between the hours of 9am - 9pm EST. Irene Rosenfeld, CEO.

This Rock Star is feeling the blues......

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: Rock Star Energy Drink

Litter description: Empty can

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: West Oaks Blvd. at Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: ROCKSTAR, Inc.; PO Box 27740; Las Vegas, NV 89126; (702) 939-5535.

Fresh Off the Ground: 7-11

noreply@blogger.com (Mad Man Bamboo) — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Company logo on litter: 7-11

Litter description: Hot Dog Box

Litter found on: May 29, 2008

Litter location: West Oaks Blvd. at Stanford Ranch Rd., Rocklin, CA

Contact: 7-Eleven Customer Relations number at 800-255-0711. Joseph DePinto, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Trash Watch

Be a Bucket Head!

McDonald's hits the street of Minneapolis....

A Kick in the Butt!

More stories about McDonald's and their litter.......

Consumer Change Interview

Corporate-logoed litter: Aquafina bottled water in Grass Valley, CA

Trash Watch featured on Simple Living Network newsletter

One walk, four Slurpee cups found on one block, I see a trend here....

Canned messages from McDonald's

Response from McDonald's; Trash Watch replies back

General Mills litter found in Folsom, CA; Trash Watch E-Mail Campaign continues

Trash Watch e-mail campaign: Tell these companies to stop littering in our neighborhoods

How Trash Watch works - submit your photos today!

Trash Watch appears on Grist List today!

Corporate littering in Minneapolis, MN

Trash Watch featured on Recycle Nebraska Newsletter

McDonald's litter in my neighborhood: "I'm not lovin' it"

An urban tumbleweed courtesy of Winco Foods....

More Frito Lay branded litter.....

Stop littering in my neighborhood and I'll say.... "Oh thank heaven!"

Save Mart strikes again......

This litter isn't "Cool."

Today's corporate litterbug - Kraft Foods

This Rock Star is feeling the blues......

Fresh Off the Ground: 7-11