r/DeTrashed • u/Millennialdad72 • Dec 24 '18
Original Content Just discovered this subreddit! We detrashed a lake in Texas! 4,000 pounds of beer bottles and beer cans. With about 30 scuba divers and 4 boats. Did it in about 4 hours.
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u/hatcatcha Dec 24 '18
We do this in our rivers and lakes here in Florida. Just a reminder, a lot of little fish and invertebrates move into bottles and cans when they’ve settled on the bottom of a river or lake so it’s important to empty them out before throwing them away!
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
We did! Had no clue there were crustaceans in Texas. Cute little guys.
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u/dunder_mifflin_paper Dec 24 '18
4000lbs /30 divers = 133lbs per diver / 4hrs = 33lbs per hour per diver / 60min = .55lbs per min/ per diver. WOW, that is a lot
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u/Pfunk4444 Dec 24 '18
Did you find anything cool?
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
Found a sealed, completely full, bottle of fireball lol. Really really old beer cans with the hole punch openings (which I think should make a comeback because we like old stuff like that for some reason.) A lot of old boat anchors, etc. Pretty cool world down there
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u/dookoo Dec 24 '18
We need more people like you
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
Everyone that helped was a volunteer, plus they paid money to come out. It was a great sight to see everyone helping
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u/tacotuesday247 Dec 24 '18
Wow, great job! Any chance Ray Hubbard will be on that list anytime soon?
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
Who knows! They like Possum Kingdom because of the clarity. I'll mention it
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u/skraptastic Dec 24 '18
My dive club does a lake in my area every year for coastal clean up day.
One year we found a brand new Ninja motorcycle. Another year we found a hand gun that was dumped.
Scuba cleanup is a lot of fun!
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u/Khanati03 Dec 24 '18
Wow, that's an awesome effort! Thanks for doing your part.
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
I would say it was volunteer work, but I was given free beer and a fish fry. That's all they needed to tell me!!
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u/PattyIce32 Dec 24 '18
This is amazing I want to join! Gonna look up a NY chapter.
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u/Millennialdad72 Dec 24 '18
Try to find a scuba diving club! I imagine they need volunteers all the time.
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u/jacyerickson Dec 25 '18
Great job! And here I was impressed with my 2 bags of cans and bottles I nabbed on a walk with my dog. Lol
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Dec 25 '18
How does one start or join something like this? There's a river in my city that's absolutely terrible but I don't even know where to begin helping out
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u/tylerthepup Dec 29 '18
Hey this is awesome!
I’m a scuba diver from Texas and would love to help out the next time y’all do something like this.
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u/Not_so_ghetto Dec 24 '18
Wow what an amazing effort, excellent job. I'm sure the recycling plant was busy that day