interview 1 - ariela

Ariela Kluk
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
4/22/2020

Plastic on Galveston beach

In order to learn more about plastic pollution I contacted a regular traveler and home owner of a house in Galveston. I contacted Paige Penchas, a school parent and interviewed her asking questions about plastic and trash she has seen on Galveston beach. Paige told us that Galveston beach does a really good job about keeping the beaches clean, they have plastic and garbage bins throughout West Galveston beach. These bins are blue which catch the human eye helping to influence people to throw their trash away. She informed me that these bins were placed a few years ago and that she seems to believe that they have been getting closer to each other, the government and clean up groups have been placing more bins along the beach to keep it clean.

She mentioned that the bins are about 50 feet away from each other which makes it easier for people to get to them, this influences the people to pick up that plastic and trash and throw it away. Their are trucks that empty out the bins every weekend, she usually goes to Galveston on weekends so she is not sure if they come during the week days. During the summer she said that they come every day to empty out the bins. Thankfully she said that she does not see a lot of plastic and trash pull up on shore, or in the sand thanks to these bins. Paige said that she sees debris, like sticks more then plastic on the beach, but the bins do fill up which means that the people in Galveston are doing great job cleaning up the beach. She said that she has not seen people throwing or dropping plastic on the beach. Paige told us that unfortunately she has not picked up any garbage, she said “i am not the one to put my hand in someone else’s trash” she does not want to get sick or touch anything unsanitary. This is very understandable, luckily there are the people who pick the trash up keeping the beach clean.

Although she has not seen any volunteer groups picking up any trash. When she drives out of her neighborhood to other parts of the beach she still sees the bins along the sand. Paige told us that when is driving  to Galveston she has seen trash on the freeway. On the margin before the bridge to Galveston she has seen nature workers with bags cleaning up the “natural habitats”. There are protected nature areas in Galveston bay where volunteers and workers help to preserve wildlife by cleaning up the trash. She mentioned that when she travels to other beaches she has not seen any plastic on the beaches. She seems to believe that "when their are more people there is less plastic" because of “social pressure” to throw away the trash. 


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