Potato chip bags and McDonald's cups

Just some observations from the neighborhood "Clean and Green" event that took place this morning... The weather was cool and damp, and turnout was the worst I've ever seen it. I don't know if the weather is solely to blame; we've experienced worse in the past. We only had enough volunteers to pick up trash on a few blocks.

I was walking up Winthrop with one of my neighbors, and we came upon a four-plus-one that was being converted to condos. Work was in progress even as we watched, despite numerous stop work orders. That place is a disaster waiting to happen.

Walking up and down a single block, I picked up enough trash to fill an entire bag. In addition to the fast food packaging materials (cups, bags, etc.), there were lots of small potato chip bags, plastic gin bottles, and single-serving juice containers. All these little things, individually packaged... It seems wasteful, but this is what people buy.