Volunteers across Santa Barbara County removed 3,611 pounds of trash from the coastline on Saturday during the county’s Coastal Clean Up Day. Across 30 sites — including in Carpinteria — over 1,000 volunteers cleaned up 59 miles of coastline on Sept. 20, according to preliminary results released by organizer Explore Ecology over the weekend.
The most commonly found items were plastic pieces, cigarette butts and food wrappers, Explore Ecology representatives said. Volunteers also found a curling iron, a pink butterfly stiletto, and a rattlesnake.
Volunteer Madison Heffentrager found the clean-up’s hidden “treasure chest,” taking home a gift card for a two-night stay at Cuyama Buckhorn Resort…