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Appreciator of bugs and birds. Fan of trails and green infrastructure. Current obsession: detrashing and restoring Iowa's Bottle Bill.
Just saw an article about Yuengling beer expanding distribution into Iowa in 2026. Some enterprising litterer beat them to it earlier this year.
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just saw an article about Yuengling beer expanding distribution into Iowa in 2026. Some enterprising litterer beat them to it earlier this year.
Barq's! This is the very first can of yours I've picked up. Congrats, I guess.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Barq's! This is the very first can of yours I've picked up. Congrats, I guess.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Hey Ice Mountain! Thanks for the Litter of the Day. Will you support a national bottle bill that includes water bottles, to help keep your garbage from littering our roadways natural spaces?
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hey Ice Mountain! Thanks for the Litter of the Day. Will you support a national bottle bill that includes water bottles, to help keep your garbage from littering our roadways natural spaces?
Doritos--you're the second most-littered snack bag I've picked up. What are you doing to make sure your trash doesn't end up littering our roadways and waterways?
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Doritos--you're the second most-littered snack bag I've picked up. What are you doing to make sure your trash doesn't end up littering our roadways and waterways?
Can you walk a mile without encountering a littered water bottle? I haven't managed yet.
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Can you walk a mile without encountering a littered water bottle? I haven't managed yet.
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Hey Maverik. Welcome to Iowa. Thanks for the Litter of the Day.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hey Maverik. Welcome to Iowa. Thanks for the Litter of the Day.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
Always nice when you toss your garbage on our roadways, and even better when it's made of material that crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces if we don't pick up after you quickly enough.
I wonder what future archaeologists are going to think as they unearth billions of these from the sediment.
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I wonder what future archaeologists are going to think as they unearth billions of these from the sediment.
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
I bet it really sucks when someone just up and shoots you while you're going about your daily business.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I bet it really sucks when someone just up and shoots you while you're going about your daily business.
The tiniest flower, just getting started as the world withers around it.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The tiniest flower, just getting started as the world withers around it.
Fast food cups find their way into our environment far more often than they should. Other single-use beverage containers, like cans and bottles, can be captured via bottle bill redemption programs, but no such thing exists for these cups, nor for their lids and straws.
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fast food cups find their way into our environment far more often than they should. Other single-use beverage containers, like cans and bottles, can be captured via bottle bill redemption programs, but no such thing exists for these cups, nor for their lids and straws.
Plastic cans, plastic food packaging, aluminum cans, fast-food cups/lids/straws...businesses all happily and obliviously dumping their garbage around our neighborhoods.
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Plastic cans, plastic food packaging, aluminum cans, fast-food cups/lids/straws...businesses all happily and obliviously dumping their garbage around our neighborhoods.
"Taste the rainbow...and then just toss that anywhere."
Thanks for the garbage, Skittles/Mars Inc.!
Thanks for the garbage, Skittles/Mars Inc.!
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Taste the rainbow...and then just toss that anywhere."
Thanks for the garbage, Skittles/Mars Inc.!
Thanks for the garbage, Skittles/Mars Inc.!
Behind the scenes at the Can Shed's new Iowa City location, featuring a fabulously complex arrangement of sorting and processing machinery.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill #betterbottlebill
#nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill #betterbottlebill
#nationalbottlebill
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Behind the scenes at the Can Shed's new Iowa City location, featuring a fabulously complex arrangement of sorting and processing machinery.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill #betterbottlebill
#nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill #betterbottlebill
#nationalbottlebill
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
50 single-use beverage containers in 30 seconds, all picked up on a single morning walk.
We can do better.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill
#betterbottlebill
We can do better.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill
#betterbottlebill
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
50 single-use beverage containers in 30 seconds, all picked up on a single morning walk.
We can do better.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill
#betterbottlebill
We can do better.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill
#betterbottlebill
Romeo seems to be trying to hide from Juliet.
September 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Romeo seems to be trying to hide from Juliet.
Two cans, both alike in dignity,
In fair Iowa, where we lay our scene...
Both aluminum. Both single-use beverage cans. But one has a deposit in IA, the other doesn't. How does that make sense? Let's fix our bottle bill to include water bottles and cans.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill #iabottlebill
In fair Iowa, where we lay our scene...
Both aluminum. Both single-use beverage cans. But one has a deposit in IA, the other doesn't. How does that make sense? Let's fix our bottle bill to include water bottles and cans.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill #iabottlebill
August 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Two cans, both alike in dignity,
In fair Iowa, where we lay our scene...
Both aluminum. Both single-use beverage cans. But one has a deposit in IA, the other doesn't. How does that make sense? Let's fix our bottle bill to include water bottles and cans.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill #iabottlebill
In fair Iowa, where we lay our scene...
Both aluminum. Both single-use beverage cans. But one has a deposit in IA, the other doesn't. How does that make sense? Let's fix our bottle bill to include water bottles and cans.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill #iabottlebill
They're like mushrooms, these flimsy plastic water bottles. Popping up everywhere. Except instead of spores they shed microplastics. Thanks, Costco, for bringing all the garbage into our neighborhoods! Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure they get recycled appropriately?
July 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
They're like mushrooms, these flimsy plastic water bottles. Popping up everywhere. Except instead of spores they shed microplastics. Thanks, Costco, for bringing all the garbage into our neighborhoods! Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure they get recycled appropriately?
Today's Litter of the Day: a red plastic straw, nestled among a variety of weedy plants (common ragweed, black medic, lamb's quarters, dandelion...). A snapshot in red and green showing the human footprint on our natural world.
July 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today's Litter of the Day: a red plastic straw, nestled among a variety of weedy plants (common ragweed, black medic, lamb's quarters, dandelion...). A snapshot in red and green showing the human footprint on our natural world.
I don't pick up a lot of snack bags in comparison to beverage containers, but when I do...there's a good chance it's courtesy of Cheetos.
Congrats, Cheetos/Frito-Lay, on being today's Litter of the Day!
Congrats, Cheetos/Frito-Lay, on being today's Litter of the Day!
June 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I don't pick up a lot of snack bags in comparison to beverage containers, but when I do...there's a good chance it's courtesy of Cheetos.
Congrats, Cheetos/Frito-Lay, on being today's Litter of the Day!
Congrats, Cheetos/Frito-Lay, on being today's Litter of the Day!
Bottled water wasn't really a thing when Iowa's bottle bill was passed nearly 50 years ago. They are certainly a thing now. It's long past time that they were included in the deposit program.
Sam's/Walmart—little help? Will you support a national bottle bill to keep your garbage off our streets?
Sam's/Walmart—little help? Will you support a national bottle bill to keep your garbage off our streets?
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Bottled water wasn't really a thing when Iowa's bottle bill was passed nearly 50 years ago. They are certainly a thing now. It's long past time that they were included in the deposit program.
Sam's/Walmart—little help? Will you support a national bottle bill to keep your garbage off our streets?
Sam's/Walmart—little help? Will you support a national bottle bill to keep your garbage off our streets?
Coke. Coca-Cola. Bro. You keep leaving your garbage around my neighborhood.
Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure it gets recycled properly?
Bro.
Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure it gets recycled properly?
Bro.
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Coke. Coca-Cola. Bro. You keep leaving your garbage around my neighborhood.
Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure it gets recycled properly?
Bro.
Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure it gets recycled properly?
Bro.
The porch spider popped out to say hello.
June 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The porch spider popped out to say hello.
Picked up a lot more yesterday, but here's #9on9. Pick up 9 pieces of litter on the 9th of every month. Pass it on.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Picked up a lot more yesterday, but here's #9on9. Pick up 9 pieces of litter on the 9th of every month. Pass it on.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Grates help keep trash out of stormwater basins and waterways. You know what would help even more?
A functional bottle bill. Look at all those single-use beverage containers. Slap a quarter deposit on each of those babies and see how many go astray on the way to being recycled.
A functional bottle bill. Look at all those single-use beverage containers. Slap a quarter deposit on each of those babies and see how many go astray on the way to being recycled.
June 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Grates help keep trash out of stormwater basins and waterways. You know what would help even more?
A functional bottle bill. Look at all those single-use beverage containers. Slap a quarter deposit on each of those babies and see how many go astray on the way to being recycled.
A functional bottle bill. Look at all those single-use beverage containers. Slap a quarter deposit on each of those babies and see how many go astray on the way to being recycled.