The trash in Little Hunting Creek this year was worse than it’s been in recent years. On April 11, volunteers worked at eight cleanup sites extending from the channelized portion of the creek behind Mount Vernon Plaza downstream to the Potomac River shoreline....
Shopping carts found under Janna Lee Avenue bridge on 6 March 2026. There they were--18 shopping carts from COSTCO, Walmart, and Home Depot, in the creek and on its banks at Janna Lee Avenue bridge. It brought back bad memories. It's been over a decade since we found...
The Friends have long hated the plastics that litter Little Hunting Creek. Over the years, we have picked up thousands of bags of plastic bottles at sites such as the Janna Lee Avenue bridge, shown above in 2012. But the harms of plastic may be worse than we knew. A...
This year’s creek cleanup was held on April 5, and 156 volunteers working at 11 cleanup sites picked up 171 bags of trash, 14 tires, seven shopping carts, and much more. Mostly, we retrieved the usual trash and recyclables: water bottles and beverage containers,...
Volunteers needed! Spring is upon us, so it’s time to clean the trash out of Little Hunting Creek. Please join volunteers and neighbors from 9 a.m. to noon at a cleanup site. We supply gloves and plastic bags. Fort Hunt Elementary School Meet near the tennis courts...
Plastic bag tax revenue allocations to environmental/sustainability programs as of November 2024. (Credit: Fairfax County.) Last month, Fairfax County reported that its plastic bag tax has successfully curbed the use of disposable bags and helped fund numerous...
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