Clean Slate: Restoring Our Spaces
Senior Project Advisor
Jill MacIntyre Witt
Document Type
Project - Campus-only Access
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Keywords
Litter, Trash, Cleanup, Research, Data, Analysis, Seattle, Adopt a Street Program, Plastic Pollution, Environmental Action, Public Space Restoration, Marine Litter, Climate Action
Abstract
This paper analyzes litter cleanups and climate action in Seattle, Washington, with a focus on the issue of trash pollution and its impacts on humans and marine life. It details my work cleaning Seattle’s parks, where I collected trash and recorded data on the types and quantities of litter. Using supplies from Seattle’s Adopt-a-Street Program, I was able to take meaningful action in my community. The paper discusses my inspiration for the project, introduces the issue of trash pollution, outlines my data collection methods, and presents the results of the cleanups. It concludes with key takeaways, lessons learned, and acknowledgments of the people and organizations that supported the project.
[A paper is included as a supplementary file with this page.]
Department
Environmental Studies
Recommended Citation
Falcone, Miles, "Clean Slate: Restoring Our Spaces" (2025). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 1027.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/1027
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Paper to accompany story map