Love it because it is pushing the trash to our booms for us to collect instead of going into the Tuscarawas and Summit Lake! Thanks again to the City of Akron, Summit Metro Parks and Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition for picking up what is collected.
This is one of the MAJOR sources of trash coming into Summit Lake. I was out surveying outfalls from my kayak today. We already have two booms on the lake and with some collaboration, we should be deploying a few more on and around the lake soon. Did pull a bag of trash today.
Therapeutic to watch these booms go from full of trash to clean!
He did not notice any substance in the water. Out of caution and past experiences especially in this location, we reported to OEPA and received a quick reply. Turns out, last week a Kimball truck had a hydraulic line issue and spilled a couple gallons of fluid on the ground upstream of this location. There…
I learned a lot from both the accident and the man. At the time, Matt was just talking about the new Eco-Maxx facility he was building in Canton. When the time came for the ribbon cutting, he invited me down and I witnessed that he practices what he preaches. Here is a video that speaks…
102 pounds in 4 bags. Thanks again to the Service Team at the City of Akron for picking up what we collect! With the weather warming, we will get to service some of the other booms soon and start deploying new ones in the near future. Not just the same old places.