Hamilton's+Big+Sweep

Over this past weekend I participated in the Wake County Big Sweep at the Marsh Creek Bridge. From the hours of 11-1 I picked up different pieces of trash that people had decided to leave out at Marsh Creek. We used Grabbers to pick up things ranging from fast food containers all the way too cigarette wrappers. We put the pieces of trash in black bags and the recyclable pieces of trash in clear bags. We also happened to be able to drag out a tire from the trees which took a lot of work and we were very proud of that as you can see in out picture.

Volunteering at Marsh Creek made me think of the Tragedy of the Commons. Every person just litters one piece of trash and they think it's not big deal especially since it is not their property. People keep doing it over and over again which builds up the pollution leads to destruction of Marsh Creek and a tragedy of the commons.