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Lake Lanier LItter Prevention
Lake Lanier Assocation Receives Clean Water Grant

The Lake Lanier Association has received a 2007 BoatU.S. foundation Clean Water Grant to install 124 bilingual "Do Not Litter' signs in parks and marinas around Lake Lanier and to develop Public Service Announcements.

The LLA is one of 13 nonprofits selected from a nationwide pool of applicants for Clean Water Funding this year. Over 100 grant proposals from 28 states were received, so, according to the foundation, competition was fierce.

Over the summer, the LLA will be working with the Corps, marinas and counties to install these signs around the lake. Additionally, the LLA has developed Public Service Announcements which will be carried on the Spanish station La Raza and on WDUN-Access North Georgia.

For more information on the grant, read the press release from BoatU.S. Foundation.

How Long Till It's Gone?

  • Glass bottle 1 million years
  • Monofilament fishing line 600 years
  • Plastic beverage bottle 450 years
  • Disposable diapers 450 years
  • Aluminum can 80-200 years
  • Foamed plastic buoy 80 years
  • Rubber boot sole 50-80 years
  • Tin can 50 years
  • Leather 50 years
  • Nylon fabric 30-40 years
  • Plastic file canister 20-30 years
  • Plastic bag 10-20 years
  • Cigarette filter 1-5 years
  • Apple Core 2 months
  • Newspaper 6 weeks
  • Orange or banana peel 2-5 weeks

Source: US National Park service: Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota FL and
"Garbage in. Garbage out, " Audubon Magazine, Sept/Oct 1999

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