Sixth Graders and Project SORT with a Big Haul in Georgia

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Sixth Graders and Project SORT with a Big Haul in Georgia
December 26, 2013 by NOAA Marine Debris Program

By: Leah Henry

In a tidal creek on the northeastern edge of Skidaway Island, GA, twenty 
6th graders from a local Savannah school (STEM Academy) participated in 
a cleanup as part of Project SORT, a new education and outreach 
initiative from the University of Georgia and the NOAA Marine Debris 
Program.

The Project SORT team and 6th grade students followed the high tide 
line, having fun “extracting” dock parts, bottles, plastic and other 
debris from the edges of the creek. Dodie Sanders, Project SORT’s lead 
said, “We have discovered that a lot of marine debris gets trapped high 
into the marsh along the creek’s edge and there was plenty of it! I do 
not think I have ever seen so much debris at any of our other sites.”

Sixth Graders and Project SORT with a Big Haul in Georgia