March 2019

Your Monthly GreenNews

Upcoming Meeting Meetings for the Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore are typically held on the second Wednesday of every month from Noon until 2pm at the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce in Melfa. The minutes from the February meeting can be found here . Please join us for our next meeting at 12:00pm on Wednesday March 13th. All are welcome!

Click Here for a PDF of the February AGENDA

Annual Membership Renewal Request

Please take this opportunity to make a donation and/or Pay your $10 annual membership dues . Become a member and volunteer with us at least once this year and receive a FREE Waste Watchers T-shirt! See the color/design below. www.WasteWatchersESVA.org We hope to make further improvements to our website. If you have any ideas or suggestions, or are a whiz with WordPress and would like to help out, please email us.

The many programs and services we provide would simply not be possible without the participation of many of you! Here is a brief synopsis of our acc omplishments in 2018: · During 2018 Operation Our Clean Roads helped about 80 individuals participated to remove over 170 bags of litter from our scenic roadways. · Serve on the Accomack County Solid Waste Committee. · With GreenWorks partners at the A-NPDC and through cooperation with VDOT, the Sponsor-A-Road Pilot Program removed almost 200 bags of roadside litter. · Distribute these monthly GreenNews editions. · Complete the fifth annual Keep America Beautiful Roadside Litter Survey. · Work with Northampton and Accomack County Schools to run the eighth annual Essay Contest, where students are able to read their essays on WESR. · Offer recycling services for the Chincoteague Seafood Festival and other events. · Coordinate with Eastern Shore Community College to hire the second Waste Watchers Intern. · Participate in various public outreach and education events in both Counties. · Partner with the ESRC&DC for the Third Annual Exmore Earth Day Celebration.

News, Current Events, & Resources

Some interesting, and different ideas, about the current state of recycling ---->

Is This the End of Recycling? Article from The Atlantic California (and the whole world) needs to get over recycling Article from treehugger The US has started burning recycling but it should only be termporary Article from NewScientist

Woodland Heights man, 78, spends mornings picking up liter. He has for 35 years. Article from GroupState

Operation Our Clean Roads The March 9th event, sponsored by MSA, P.C. , was a blast! Thank you to the 16 volunteers who got 42 bags of litter off of approximately 3 miles of scenic roadway in the Wardtown/ Exmore area. Your next chance to volunteer is right around the corner on March 30th (see flyer) meeting at Hungars Church. We need YOUR help to schedule and plan for these monthly clean up events! Please email with questions, suggestions for dates, when you're available to help, and locations for other future cleanups!

Sponsor-A-Road opportunity available on the Eastern Shore - Help your community while improving brand recognition! This is a financial contribution to a litter removal contractor, which includes an acknowledgement sign on Route 13. Please help spread the word. https://adoptahighway.net/ Video about the program on YouTube .

This monthly e-newletter is made possible by the GreenWorks Committee, a collaboration between the Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore and the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission! These mailings will announce upcoming meetings of the Waste Watchers and those of the GreenWorks Committee, as well as potential volunteer opportunities, related community events, and locally relevant news articles.

Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore | (757) 824-0608 | wastewatchers.esva@gmail.com| www.wastewatchers.esva.net

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