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PHOTOSTORY: Rowan Environmental Action League hosts beach sweep of Palmyra Cove

Tara Lonsdorf
November 6, 2019
Freshman translational biomedical sciences major Abi Muccilli and junior civil engineering major Thomas DiPietro gather materials to begin cleaning trash from the beach. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Rowan Environmental Action League members set out to begin clearing trash by the Tacony Palmyra Bridge on the Delaware River on Saturday, Nov. 2. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Hypodermic needles were common on the beach, and had to be marked with flags by volunteers. Professionals picked them up later to be disposed of safely. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Trash tends to accumulate in the areas where high tide has washed in debris. REAL members use trash pickers to grab this debris. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Abi Muccilli picks up trash on the beach. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Environmental studies major Gina Yaroli kept track of what kinds of trash were picked up, as data to be used for Clean Ocean Action. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Junior civil and environmental engineering major Daniel Rubin and senior mechanical engineering major Giselle Onofre scan the shore for litter. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Giselle Onofre poses with Klaudia Rzotkiewicz and Peya Yousuf of Rowan’s Culture in Green club, which promotes a environmentally-friendly vegan lifestyle. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Junior civil and environmental engineering major and REAL Club President Ben Chan gets in the weeds to pull out tough-to-remove trash such as Styrofoam debris. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
Daniel Rubin is involved with REAL in order to learn how to create more environmentally-friendly solutions for civil engineering in the future. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf
REAL club membership poses for a group photo in front of the Tacony Palmyra Bridge. – Editor-in-Chief / Tara Lonsdorf

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