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The Results

Street Cleaning

Through the dedication and commitment of hundreds of individuals from San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area volunteers have shown that they are what makes Green Connect work.

 

The results from Green Connect Events:

August 16 , 2008 District 7 Clean-Up

June 21, 2008 Sunset Blvd. Clean-Up

June 14, 2008 District 2 Clean-Up

May 17, 2008 District 8 Clean-Up

April 19, 2008 District 9 Earth Day

April 19, 2008 Polk Street Clean-Up

March 8, 2008 District 5 Arbor Day

February 23, 2008 District 2

February 9, 2008 District 6

 

12/01/2007 11/17/2007
9/29/2007 10/20/2007
8/4/2007 8/18/2007
6/9/2007 5/12/2007
4/14/2007 3/10/2007
2/24/2007 2/10/2007

 

August 16, 2008 District 7 Clean-Up

Volunteers

87

Meals Donated 150

Parks/Playgrounds

2
  • Plantings
  • Edging
  • Green Waste
100
800 ft.
1,000
lbs.
BUF
  • Weeding
  • Hedging
  • Green waste
  • DG

1200 sq. ft.
100 sq. ft.
1200 lbs.
6 cubic yds.

Community Gardens 1
  • Chips spread
6 cubic yds.
Graffiti* (District 4 total for month)
  • Public Property
    • Utility Poles
    • Mail Boxes
    • Signal Boxes
    • Signs
    • Phone Boxes
    • City receptacles
  • Private Property - Walls and Fences
  • Public Walls

296
62
35
48
18
21
45
3,000 sq. ft.
3,500 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning
  • Steamer locations (City cans)
  • Center islands cleaned
  • Blocks swept/litter removal

3 blocks/West Portal
48 blocks
31

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
11.9 tons
16.6 tons
3.2 tons
48%
52%

June 14, 2008 District 2 Clean-Up

Volunteers

120

BUF
  • Trees restaked
  • Tree well care
  • DG
  • Shrubs/plantings
  • Green waste removed

3
29
29
84
500

BSES
  • Blocks swept
  • Packer weights
  • Steamer locations
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - public walls
  • Graffiti - private walls

20
7500
10
312
3500
8500

Parks
  • Green waste
  • Debris
  • Painting/play structure

1800
900
1

Parks Trust
  • Green debris
  • Chips

600
5 cubic yds.

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
11.3 tons
16.8 tons
1.4 tons

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June 21, 2008 Sunset Blvd. Clean-Up

Volunteers

74

BUF
  • Edging
  • Green waste removed

5,280 linear ft.
2,200

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May 17, 2008 District 8 Clean-Up

Volunteers

150

Meals Donated

180

BUF
  • Trees pruned
  • Lots cleaned
  • Green waste removed

1
20,000
7500 lbs.

BSES
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - private walls

189
3600

Parks Trust
  • Green debris
  • Chips

100 lbs.
5 cubic yds.

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
2.7 tons
4.1 tons
.9 tons

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April 19, 2008 District 9 Earth Day

Volunteers

210

Meals Donated

270

BUF
  • Trees planted
  • Tree well care
  • DG
  • Green waste removed
  • Debris

2
114
34
500
2000

BSES
  • Blocks swept
  • Steamer locations
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - public walls
  • Graffiti - private walls

15
2
212
400
6400

Parks Trust
  • Chips
  • Compost
  • Harvest
  • Plantings

5 cubic yds
5 cubic yds
40 lbs. fava beans
92 linear ft. vegetables

Schools
  • Benches painted
  • Surfaces painted
  • Play structure removed

10
4200
1

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
11.7 tons
9.4 tons
1 ton

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April 19, 2008 Polk Street Clean-Up

Volunteers

45

BUF
  • Trees planted

2

BSES
  • Debris

650 bags

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March 8, 2008 District 5 Arbor Day

Volunteers

300

Meals Donated

500

BUF
  • Trees planted
  • Trees pruned
  • Tree well care
  • Shrubs/Plantings
  • Chips Spread
  • Debris

40
5
142
84
2000
9100 lbs.

BSES
  • Packer weights
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - private walls

3100
159
1400

Parks
  • Chips
  • Green waste
  • Debris
  • Painting/play structure
  • Sandbox sift

1 load
2700
50
1
1

Schools
  • Trees planted
  • Tree basins
  • Chips spread

2
14
14 cubic yds.

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
2.8 tons
3.7 tons
.3 tons

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February 23, 2008 District 2

Volunteers

100

Meals Donated

192

BUF
  • Trees pruned
  • Tree well care
  • Chips spread
  • Center islands

3
179
10 cubic yds.
3500 sq. ft.

BSES
  • Blocks swept
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - public walls
  • Graffiti - private walls

20
76
660
800

Parks Trust
  • Chips
  • Compost
  • Trees planted

21 sq. ft.
36 sq. ft.
10

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
4.6 tons
6.3 tons
3.6 tons

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February 9, 2008 District 9

Volunteers

220

Meals Donated

350

BUF
  • Trees pruned
  • Trees restaked
  • Tree well care
  • Chips spread

34
50
110
2000

BSES
  • Flusher miles
  • Broom
  • Blocks swept
  • Packer weights
  • Graffiti - public furniture
  • Graffiti - private walls

10
15
65
16,560
36
7250

Parks
  • Area weeded
  • Plantings
  • Chips

500 sq. ft.
100
5 cubic yds.

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
4.2 tons
6.5 tons
2.3 tons

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2007 Clean Team Statistics

Recruited 4104 volunteers
Got 3723 meals donated
Cleaned 18 SFUSD school campuses and 33 parks
Planted 703 trees, bushes and plants
Trimmed 103 trees and shrubs
Cleaned 571 tree basins
Landscaped and cleaned 23 center islands and lots
Spread 272.7 cubic yards of chips on center islands, lots and parks
Weeded 26,112 square feet of center islands, lots and parks
Edged 10,580 linear ft. of sidewalk
Swept 200 blocks of sidewalks, curbs and alleyways
Picked up more than 58 tons of debris and 48 tons of green waste
Cleaned 2.5 miles of coastline and seven wetland parks.
Steamed 97 trash receptacles, 72 alleys, 33 school sites, 7 plazas and 14,060 linear feet of sidewalks

Graffiti Abatement
Abated 2046 public properties, including:
535 utility poles 

91 phones boxes

231 parking signs  61 news racks
348 mailboxes 31 fire hydrants
255 trash receptacles 34 stop signs
348 signal boxes   
Abated graffiti on 266,115 square feet of public walls

Gigantic 3:
Removed 15.3 tons yard waste
Recycled 114.4 tons of mixed recyclables    
Removed 83.4 tons of garbage 

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December 01, 2007 - Special Clean-up

Volunteers

40

BUF
  • Plants
  • Chips spread
  • Green Waste Composted
  • Trees and Bushes Limbed Up
  • Hand Weeding
  • Medians Cleaned
  • Debris Removed

80
5 cubic yards
5,000 lbs.
50
4,500 sq. ft.
2
?

Top

November 17, 2007 - District 4

Volunteers

700

  • Stern Grove
  • Sunset Recreation Center
  • AP Giannini Middle School
  • Lincoln High School
320
40
40
400
Meals Donated 310

Parks/Playgrounds

2
  • Green Waste
16,200 lbs.
Schools cleaned 2
  • Benches Painted
50
BUF
  • Center islands weeded
  • Green Waste removed
  • Chips spread
5
5,000 lbs.
5 cubic yards
Street Cleaning  
  • Debris
  • Blocks swept
2,000 lbs.
2
Graffiti* (District 4 total for month)
  • Public Property
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking signs and frames
  • City Cans
  • Phone Boxes
  • Walls (13,500 sq. ft on 10/20)
  • Private Walls & Private Fences
277
59
54
49
35
61
19
10,500 sq. ft. 
3400 sq. ft.
Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclable Waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
8.9 tons
8.3 tons
1.1 tons
55%
45%

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October 10 - 20, 2007 - District 7

Volunteers

277

Schools cleaned 1
  • Trees planted
  • Painting


  • Debris
  • Steamer locations
5
1900 sq. ft (1750 sq ft walls, curbs, 17 picnic tables)
1500 lbs
5

Parks

 
  • Plants
  • Chips Spread
  • Green Waste
120
1 load
11,800 lbs.
BUF
  • Edging
  • Green Waste
  • Debris
1000 lin. ft.
2200 lbs.
1900 lbs.
Graffiti
  • Public Property
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • City Cans
  • Signal Boxes
  • Phone Boxes
  • Stop Signs & Frames
  • Walls (13,500 sq. ft on 10/20)
  • Private Walls
  • Private Fences
244
65
45
38
49
19
26
*17,300 sq. ft.
2600 sq. ft.
1500 sq. ft.
Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclable Waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
8.0
3.4
1.3
61%
39%

Top

September 29, 2007 - District 3

Volunteers

65

BUF

 
  • Chips Spread