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The Results

Street Cleaning

Through the dedication and commitment of hundreds of individuals from San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area volunteers have shown that they are what makes Green Connect work.

The results from Green Connect Events:

June 14, 2008 District 2 Clean-Up

2007 Clean Team Statistics
GIANTS VOLUNTEER DAY
12/01/2007 11/17/2007
9/29/2007 10/20/2007
8/4/2007 8/18/2007
6/9/2007 5/12/2007
4/14/2007 3/10/2007
2/24/2007 2/10/2007

June 14, 2008 District 2 Clean-Up

Volunteers

120

Meals Donated

220

Parks/Playgrounds

3
  • Painting
  • Debris
  • Weeding (green waste)

one play structure
900 lbs.
1800 lbs.

BUF
  • Tree well maintenance
  • Green waste
  • Plantings

29
500 lbs.
84

Street Parks 10 cubic yds.
  • Chips spread
  • Green debris removed
5 cubic yards
600 lbs.
Graffiti (Total for month)
  • Public Property
    • Utility Poles
    • Mail Boxes
    • Signal Boxes
    • Signs
    • Phone Boxes
    • City Receptacles
  • Private Property Walls Fences
  • Public Walls
312
116
56
38
56
21
45
8500 sq. ft. 
3500 sq. ft.
Street Cleaning 10 cubic yds.
  • Steamer locations
  • Blocks cleaned
  • Packer

10
20
3.5 tons

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste) 14.8 tons
  • Organics
  • Recyclables
  • Garbage
3.6 tons
4.9 tons
6.3 tons

 

2007 Clean Team Statistics

Recruited 4104 volunteers
Got 3723 meals donated
Cleaned 18 SFUSD school campuses and 33 parks
Planted 703 trees, bushes and plants
Trimmed 103 trees and shrubs
Cleaned 571 tree basins
Landscaped and cleaned 23 center islands and lots
Spread 272.7 cubic yards of chips on center islands, lots and parks
Weeded 26,112 square feet of center islands, lots and parks
Edged 10,580 linear ft. of sidewalk
Swept 200 blocks of sidewalks, curbs and alleyways
Picked up more than 58 tons of debris and 48 tons of green waste
Cleaned 2.5 miles of coastline and seven wetland parks.
Steamed 97 trash receptacles, 72 alleys, 33 school sites, 7 plazas and 14,060 linear feet of sidewalks

Graffiti Abatement
Abated 2046 public properties, including:
535 utility poles 

91 phones boxes

231 parking signs  61 news racks
348 mailboxes 31 fire hydrants
255 trash receptacles 34 stop signs
348 signal boxes   
Abated graffiti on 266,115 square feet of public walls

Gigantic 3:
Removed 15.3 tons yard waste
Recycled 114.4 tons of mixed recyclables    
Removed 83.4 tons of garbage 


December 01, 2007 - Special Clean-up

Volunteers

40

BUF
  • Plants
  • Chips spread
  • Green Waste Composted
  • Trees and Bushes Limbed Up
  • Hand Weeding
  • Medians Cleaned
  • Debris Removed

80
5 cubic yards
5,000 lbs.
50
4,500 sq. ft.
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November 17, 2007 - District 4

Volunteers

700

  • Stern Grove
  • Sunset Recreation Center
  • AP Giannini Middle School
  • Lincoln High School
320
40
40
400
Meals Donated 310

Parks/Playgrounds

2
  • Green Waste
16,200 lbs.
Schools cleaned 2
  • Benches Painted
50
BUF
  • Center islands weeded
  • Green Waste removed
  • Chips spread
5
5,000 lbs.
5 cubic yards
Street Cleaning  
  • Debris
  • Blocks swept
2,000 lbs.
2
Graffiti* (District 4 total for month)
  • Public Property
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking signs and frames
  • City Cans
  • Phone Boxes
  • Walls (13,500 sq. ft on 10/20)
  • Private Walls & Private Fences
277
59
54
49
35
61
19
10,500 sq. ft. 
3400 sq. ft.
Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclable Waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
8.9 tons
8.3 tons
1.1 tons
55%
45%

October 10, 2007 - District 7

Volunteers

277

Schools cleaned 1
  • Trees planted
  • Painting


  • Debris
  • Steamer locations
5
1900 sq. ft (1750 sq ft walls, curbs, 17 picnic tables)
1500 lbs
5

Parks

 
  • Plants
  • Chips Spread
  • Green Waste
120
1 load
11,800 lbs.
BUF
  • Edging
  • Green Waste
  • Debris
1000 lin. ft.
2200 lbs.
1900 lbs.
Graffiti
  • Public Property
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • City Cans
  • Signal Boxes
  • Phone Boxes
  • Stop Signs & Frames
  • Walls (13,500 sq. ft on 10/20)
  • Private Walls
  • Private Fences
244
65
45
38
49
19
26
*17,300 sq. ft.
2600 sq. ft.
1500 sq. ft.
Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)
  • Mixed Recyclable Waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercial Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
8.0
3.4
1.3
61%
39%

*Total District 7 graffiti statistics from 10/1 -10/20

September 29, 2007 - District 3

Volunteers

65

BUF

 
  • Chips Spread
  • Trees planted
50 yards
8

Graffiti

 
Public Property  
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking Signs and frames
  • Phone Booths
  • City Cans
68
2
1
15
2
2
Private Property Walls 7500 sq. ft.
Private Property Fences 1500 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Debris
  • Blocks Swept
900lbs
16 blocks

August 18, 2007 - District 3

Volunteers

450

Parks/Playgrounds:

2

  • Chips spread

6 yards

  • Painting

1 play structure

BUF Debris removed Buchanan Mall:

 
  • Debris removed
  • Trees trimmed
  • Bags of litter (Chestnut hillside)
2,355 libs
4
5,000 sq. ft.

Graffiti* (total for month)

 
Public Property 272
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking Signs and frames
  • Stop signs
  • City Cans
  • Walls
66
59
57
57
3
31
3,400 sq. ft
Private Property Walls/Fences 69,000 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Debris
    - Chinatown
    - Polk Street
  • Blocks Swept
  • Steamer locations
    - Chinatown
    - Polk Street
    - Stockton Tunnel
  • Flusher
    - Chinatown
    - Polk Street

14,800 lbs
2,125 lbs
38 blocks

1,600 ft, 66 cans
3,000 ft, 33 cans
Stairs and Tunnel

12 mi.
11 blocks

August 4, 2007 - Warm Water Cove

Volunteers

120

Park Specials

2
  • Weeding
  • Chips spread
  • Picnic benched painted (2)
  • Debris removed
  • Trees trimmed and lifted
  • Signs placed

5,000 lbs.
30 yards
2,800 sq. ft.
750 lbs.
18
15

Grafitti

 
Public Property  
  • Utility Poles
  • City Cans

6
4

Private Property Walls/Fences 46,000 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Steaming
  • Tree wells cleaned
4 locations
10

June 29th, 2007 - Giants Volunteer Day

Volunteers

240

BUF

 
  • Trees Planted
  • Tree basins cleaned
26
650

Graffiti

 
Public Property 443
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking Signs
  • Phone boxes
  • City Cans
  • News racks

103
64
50
47
26
110
43

Private Property Walls/Fences 1800 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Debris
  • Sweeper
  • Flusher
1140 lbs
1 mile
1 mile

June 9th, 2007 - District

Volunteers

145

Parks/Playgrounds:

2

  • Weeding (green waste) Panhandle

3,600 lbs

BUF Debris removed Buchanan Mall:

 
  • Weeding
  • Chips spread
  • Tree basins cleaned
  • Center Islands
  • Debris removed
5,000 lbs
10 yards
50
5,000 sq. ft.
1.5 tons

Graffiti

 
Public Property  
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Parking Signs
  • Fire call boxes
  • City Cans
10
15
4
15
3
6
Private Property Walls/Fences 600 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Debris
  • Sweeper
  • Flusher
3,740 lbs
1 mile
1 mile

Specials

 
Painting  
  • Structures
  • Benches
800 sq. ft.
300 sq. ft.
Edging/Weeding at Rooftop 35 lin. ft.

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)

 
  • Mixed recylable waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercal Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
1.2 tons
0.3 tons
0.6 tons
84%
16%

5 Statistics

May 12th, 2007 - District 8 Statistics

Volunteers

281

Schols cleaned

1

  • Debris removed
1,000 lbs

Parks/Playgrounds:

2

  • Painting
  • Plants
  • Chips Spread
  • Weeding (green waste)
1 play structure
160
5 yards
2,700 lbs

BUF:

 
  • Weeding
  • Edging
  • Tree basins cleaned
  • Debris removed
1,500 sq. ft
700 lin. ft.
63
2,900 lbs

Graffiti

 
Public Property  
  • Walls
  • Utility Poles
  • Mail Boxes
  • Signal Boxes
  • Stop Signs
1,200 sq. ft.
12
12
8
5
Private Property Walls/Fences (6) 3,100 sq. ft.

Street Cleaning

 
  • Debris
  • Blocks swept
100 lbs
21

Gigantic 3 (NorCal Waste)

 
  • Mixed recylable waste
  • Garbage
  • Commercal Yard Waste
  • Percent Recycled Tonnage
  • Percent Garbage Tonnage
4.0 tons
4.6 tons
1.9 tons
56%
44%

April 14th, 2007 - Statistics

Volunteers

 

Ocean Beach
150
Park Presidio 35

Schols cleaned

1

Parks:

2

  • Debris removed
4,500 lbs

BUF:

 
  • Center islands cleaned