Can a PITCH-IN Canada Pollution Count be combined with a PITCH-IN Clean Up?
Yes, we encourage you to participate in the Pollution Count in addition to your PITCH-IN CANADA WEEK Clean Up. Have a few of your volunteers clean up a specific area (or “sample”) within the larger area you plan to clean up. Make sure they record only what they find within their sample area as they clean it up. Should certain areas be surveyed differently than others? Yes and No. Data is data, no matter where it is collected. However, for our purposes, we are separating marine debris (debris collected on shorelines of oceans, lakes, rivers and streams) from land debris. Two different data cards are used: one for marine debris, the other for data collected in other areas. Both data cards can be obtained from this Web Site. Information obtained in your marine, or coastal, pollution count will be treated differently by PITCH-IN CANADA and compared with other data collected during PITCH-IN CANADA’s annual Coastal Clean Up. That is why you will be referred to the information about the Coast
