Find Time For Hallow-Clean

The jack o’ lanterns have all been carved. The candy has all been given out. Pics of your favorite monsters have been posted, liked and shared by family and friends. Now it’s time to make sure Halloween treats don’t turn into tricks for our local rivers, creeks and ocean. Here are three easy Halloween Clean-Up activities that you can adopt with your little ghosts and goblins to keep LA’s waterways trash free:

• Clean up the sidewalks and gutters outside your home and business. Trash monsters may have been haunting your neighborhood on Halloween night, carelessly tossing paper and plastic candy wrappers onto the ground. Picking up those candy wrappers will keep them from making their way into our local waterways where they can become a nightmare for local water quality and harm marine life.
• Remind your children to put their candy wrappers in the trash after they eat their Halloween treats. Our Don’t Be A Trash Monster coloring sheet is a fun reminder that we need to be an environmental steward every day.
• Consider participating in a local beach clean-up. Heal the Bay hosts beach clean-ups throughout LA County regularly. They’re a great way to get your whole family involved in keeping our neighborhoods and local waterways clean.

Let’s make sure that Halloween’s sweet treats don’t turn into terrible tricks for LA’s rivers, creeks and beaches. Find time for Hallow-Clean!

Photo courtesy of LA Sanitation and Environment’s Watershed Protection Program.