Sara Bayles collects trash from the beach in Santa Monica in a project to spend 20 minutes a day for 365 non-consecutive days clearing away litter. Mostly she finds plastic bags, bottles, cigarette butts, paper cups and candy wrappers. See full story(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Among the items that Bayles collects from the beach are small plastic toys. See full story(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Bayles uses her blog, The Daily Ocean, to document the trash she discovers on the beach. She also mentors a high school ocean stewardship club. See full story(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
After her 20 minutes of trash collection on the beach at Santa Monica, Bayles weighs the day’s take so she can record it on her blog. See full story(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)