The Missouri River Bird Observatory is conducting a Plastic Brand Audit at Weldon Springs Conservation Area in St. Charles, MO on  September 16th 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  We will be auditing plastic trash that our friends from Missouri River Relief will be pulling out of the River that morning.

  

A Brand Audit consists of tallying the corporate brands found on the many pounds of litter River Relief removes from the Missouri River.  This allows us to determine which corporations’ single-use plastic packaging is contributing the most to the global plastic pollution crisis…and ultimately, to call them out on it.  We will be following Break Free From Plastic’s audit methodology and submitting the data to their global brand report (please see attachment for more details). 

 

Folks can sign up to volunteer for the 9/16 St. Charles Brand Audit on this Google form. 

 

Find more detail about the river clean-up and directions here.