On Sunday we went to the beach…to do some community work. With Alliance for the Great lakes, volunteered to clean Loyola beach, which is the longest beach of Chicago. It was a great experience as we received volunteer t-shirts from Alliance and when the local people asked what are we volunteering and who we are the were so grateful for the service we do. It is great that volunteer work is so much appreciated in the US. And furthermore I had two great learning – the beaches of Chicago recall me the beaches of Barcelona. Second – almost 100% of the trash we collected was plastic- you can totally through it to the Recycle bin within 2 seconds and it is totally recyclable. On the other hand plastic waste makes so much trouble to the ecosystem, nevertheless it makes the beach trashy. So I would say – reduce, recycle, reuse.
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