I have been asked several times to do a before and after post showing the bottles in the condition I pulled them from the bottom of the pond and pictures taken of the same bottles after a good cleaning. Most get taken back to the depots for refund and recycled. A select few I keep and fill with frosted sea-glass giving them a second life. For the purpose of this post I chose 9 random bottles from Topsail pond cleanups. Enjoy, be kind and stay safe:)
A few of the most interesting items from the bottom of Topsail pond, Paradise. All cleaned using vinegar, baking soda and salt mixture with a bit of elbow grease:)
Snorkelling and free-diving Topsail pond today for over four hours. I filled my yak! With one cleanup at a time this pond in Paradise is getting much healthier. Thanks to all who honked, took pictures and came down at pondside for a chat. Stay safe everyone:)
Another big cleanup of Topsail pond in Paradise. I have went full circle around this beautiful waterbody this week and picked up a lot of items, especially a lot of broken bottles. Here is yesterday’s and today’s haul combined. Stay safe, enjoy the outdoors and pack out what you pack in.
Also, it was great chatting with the people who live nearby at pond-side who gave thanks for my efforts:)
Another successful cleanup of Topsail pond, Paradise this morning. Take a look at all the broken glass that I removed from the shorelines. A lot safer now
Stay safe and enjoy the great outdoors everyone .
Topsail pond, Paradise. A few hours of walking the shoreline with chest waders cleaning up this pond and making it safer and healthier for all the kids , adults, dogs, fish and birds that love to spend time here. Stay safe and enjoy the outdoors
Three separate snorkling/free-diving pond cleanups at Topsail Pond, Paradise over the last 4 years. Everything that could be recycled or used again was. We didn’t get a chance to take a fourth look at this beautiful waterbody in 2020 but hoping to revisit in the summer of 2021.
Pond Cleanup # 1 for 2019 summer season . We returned to Topsail Pond , Paradise and done another section of this beautiful waterbody ! Snorkelling the surface and free diving to the bottom to retrieve anything we see . Lots of beer bottles , old pop bottles , goggles , etc .
Topsail Pond , Paradise ! The fish , frogs, ducks etc will swim past this mess on the bottom no more . After a couple hrs of snorkelling we filled the Yaks and all of it is recyclable ! Beer bottles, pop bottles , both old and new . Golf balls, hub cap, copper , aluminum , ray ban sunglasses , cellphone, and a lot of beer and pop cans . Pond cleanup #2
