Crazy Beach Haul | 400lbs Of Trash

I'm Alex with 4ocean and today we are going to be taking out the quad. We're going to be cleaning up all sorts of plastic, balloons, canopies, even a bunch of derelict fishing gear and lines. It's going to be a great day guys, let's get after it. Today we're heading out to the beach on our Can-Am Defender HD10 and the reason why we're going to the beach today is because we've had a huge front. So this is our, kind of our mission control dashboard, right? We've got all our weather, we've got tides, we know what's going on here. This is a wind chart. And so as you can see here, the wind has been coming out of the east onto the state of Florida and it's been coming, you know, 20 miles an hour for probably the last week. So what happens is the Gulf Stream is running south to north, which is a large current, and there's a lot of debris that floats in the Gulf Stream. So all of that is being pushed onto the beach with this big wind front. And so now we're going to go onto the beach, see what we can find and see if there's any big plastic trash or anything out there that needs to get cleaned up. Throwing in the four-wheel drive. So it's a little windy on the beach right now, but you can see down here, this is the sargassum weed. So that's what I was mentioning, all that wind that's coming out of the east, pushing it, you can see the flag up here, how hard the wind is coming out of the east. And so it's pushing up all this sargassum weed and that's where you're going to have a lot of plastic debris and all sorts of stuff that washes up. So let's go cruise the beach south, we'll turn around, we'll head north and we'll cover all the area. So right now what I end up doing is setting up the bucket so that it's on the side of the pod, that way when I drive I can just pick up pieces and put them right into the bucket. A little piece of styrofoam. So this is a piece of a crab pot or a buoy. So this is what they use for floats, for crab traps, lobster traps, things like that. And it's polystyrene. So this is a plastic, like that foam that you see, the same thing that your takeout containers are made. This is what that is. Alright, so this is a piece of a trap. So right here, this is literally made in Marathon, Florida. So this probably most likely came from the Keys. These traps break up, they end up floating north, and they're getting washed onto the shore. Made of plastic. Let's get them out. Alright, first big piece for today. A lot of people ask us about jellyfish and sea turtles and all that stuff. So check this out. So right here, this plastic water bottle, this is a man o' war jellyfish. So it looks like a plastic bag. So you gotta be careful because these will sting. These will absolutely get you. But how easy is it to mistake a man o' war jellyfish for a plastic bottle? It's just pretty crazy to think how similar they look in the ocean. So sea turtles are consuming different jellyfish, but that's wild to see. So we just came south, which is an area that a lot of the city still patrols. So they still have the tractors that are cleaning the beach. They have the different quads that guys clean up. So there's not as much debris here. So now we're gonna head north to an area that's not necessarily patrolled by the city with the tractors and everything. So on the way back, we cleaned the shoreline. Now we're gonna clean up in the bushes where you'll find like balloons and other light material that can get blown up into the dunes. So we'll clean that going up, and then we'll start finding some big stuff. Let's go. Keep your eyes peeled on them there dunes. There'll be plastic in them. Little straw wrapper. Perfect example. Light cup. Light thin film like this. These are little bags. You got part of a styrofoam plate. All that light plastic that can get pushed. Alright, we got some bags. Alright guys, we get balloons every single time we're doing this. This looks like it's the first balloon. Alright, balloon number one. Let's see how many we get today. Plastic wrappers. HDPE. Milk jug. Polypropylene cup. Plastic bags. So this looks like it's a bimini top off of a boat. It's like a shade structure that people have on the back of the boat. And it looks like it's washed up, so let's go check it out. It's an old beach umbrella. There's little tension straps, but these will help make sure that thing doesn't go flying out. You know what they say? That ain't going anywhere. First to many. I'm sure we're gonna put a lot more stuff up here. Solid piece of timber. Wow dude, this is a lot heavier than normal pallets. I can tell you that. This is the heaviest pallet I've ever seen. Alright, it's a big game in Tetris and I'm losing. I guess I can put it up top. I just don't like things that are top heavy. Just gotta be very cautious that we stay off of the steep... Check please! This is wood that might be pressure treated. Pressure treated could be leaching chemicals, nails in it, all sorts of stuff. We get that out. If it's just organic, natural wood, we leave it. There's a bunch more. Poor ocean, baby. Beachy dust ton, yeah? We're always having fun. We don't want this guy floating. This is totally my hat. Plastic, high density polyethylene. We got a big pump in here. It's like when you go to the grocery store. You're like, I don't need a bag. You gotta carry every little thing. You're like, no, no. One trip. We're making it. Okay, we did it. Alright, we got our first derelict. Not necessarily fishing gear, but this is like a very strong rope or line that washed up. So these are used for holding large vessels. So it's like a dock line. But basically it can be used as a tow line, dock line, sometimes used to tow big barges. A lot of times they end up breaking and washing ashore. So these are actually made by a certain type of plastic. I'm not exactly sure what it is. If I had to guess it would be like polypropylene. But it's made up of a lot of plastic and that's what's going to happen. These are going to start to break down in the sun. They're going to fall apart into a bunch of little pieces. Let's get her out of here. So this is a synthetic fishing line. So it's called braid. Braid is a synthetic fishing line. A lot of people use this as a spot where people come and fish. This stuff is gnarly. Braid does not break down. This is what gets up out here. Basically entangling the birds, turtles, anything. So if you're out here fishing be very careful with this braid because this is incredibly gnarly and it will take forever to break apart. I think it's just for looking through. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Bucky Bronco! Bucky Bronco! Kick her in low! Get her out of here, baby! Let's go! Alright, Mr. Balloon. Where are ya? This is normally a section that we see a lot of balloons because it's not as much of a deep kind of dune bed for it to head up in there. So when we're cruising a lot of stuff we just get caught up amongst the wall. Wild to me how much lumber we're getting today. That big front that came through all this east wind. Normally you find a lot more plastic and buoys and lines, but today's the day. Good wood! Baby Mickey. He reminds me of my boys. You see how sun-faded it is. It's crazy to think how long it's been floating in the ocean. Completely starting to fade. Lose all it's color. Used to be a bright red. We got a degraded little frog. He's got a little hand action. He's like, my, my, my. Floating in the ocean. Howdy, guys. Dude, I'm pretty surprised at how clean it is here. I thought we were going to see all sorts of giant... Mind you, we've got a real log back there. We've got a ton of lumber, but I was expecting this to be crazy, but I normally don't see all these tracks from tractors so they must have started to patrol this beach. Typically this would be loaded with stuff. Buoys, lines, fenders, all sorts of stuff, but it's been for a lot of lumber. This is what's so wild about finding these different pieces of plastic that have been floating. This has been floating for so long. It's got little clams, little mussels on it that's just been sitting in the ocean to the point where they attach. It's so crazy to see. This thing's been in there for who knows how long, but you can see that the plastic is starting to get scratchy. It's starting to get a little brittle and that's what happens. As it sits there, the UV degradation breaks it down and it'll start to break apart into a bunch of little pieces, but it's just wild to see the little pieces that are attached. Little clams, mussels, things like that. It's wild to see. Here we go. We have got a huge line. We're going to get this guy. This is what I was talking about. When we were thinking about what's going to wash up, this is exactly what I was referencing. Giant stuff like this. I'm running out of room in the quad, I'll tell you what. Huzzah! How are ya? Good! Of course! Come on down! Let's get a good photo. It's always fun, man. Seeing people smoked out on the brand and keeping the ocean clean, especially the young'uns. Super cool. Have a good one, guys! See you later! Thanks, guys. Have a good day! Thank you, guys. Appreciate ya. Thank you, buddy. Just keeping it clean. We're picking up plastic and trash, that's right. Beautiful. A lot of it every day, but we're out here trying to change that, right? Are you guys 4ocean? Yes, sir. 4ocean. We clean plastic and trash out of the ocean. Keeping it clean, my man. Doing the best you can, right? Yes, sir. Have a great rest of your day, buddy. Enjoy the beach. There might be the tiniest piece that's over, but it's like, I gotta stop. I gotta get it. Get as little plastic behind as possible. Okay, let's go! Once again, been floating forever. You can see all the little plants and mussels growing on them. It's wild to see what this thing has seen. Where did this go? How far has it traveled? What type of little fish and triggerfish and tripletail and little jacks and stuff have been hanging out in it? It's so wild. Discursion Part A. Gnarly Chemical. Let's get it out. Running out of room, y'all. I can't do it. I wanna just keep cruising, but I gotta stop. Koala. Come on, give me a toot-toot. Let's secure this stuff. So now, we're gonna offload all this stuff, get it on the scale, get a solid weight, just see how much we pulled today. This thing was heavy. Very, very heavy pallet. So 63 pounds. Alright guys, so we're at 363.8 pounds. We got all the nets, all the pressure-treated lumber. Now, what we're gonna do is take this off, tear it out, put it on a bin. That way, we can dump all the plastic in here. So 363 for the first start is not bad. We got a lot. Oh, wait. Actually, sorry. Time out. Hold, please. Come on. Break four for me. Let's go. 400 even. Come on, Whit. Shoot it. Let's go. Let's go. Alright, so we got 400 pounds on this run. Now, we've got a few pieces of plastic left over, but we're gonna have to tear something out in order to weigh it. So we're gonna get photos of this, photos of that, and get our total weight. Alright guys, 410.5 pounds today. Cleaned off the beach. It's a great morning out there. Got all sorts of stuff. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you wanna see anything else, let us know in the comments. Like, comment, subscribe. Where do you wanna see us clean? Any questions that you have for us, we wanna be able to provide content and information for you. So trying to get a little bit more informative, educational on some of this stuff. 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