A few questions have come up in the comment sections after the media posted our story…   I would like to take a moment to answer them here. Q) who hauls all these batteries after they have been removed? A) My dive buddies and I removed the batteries from the site and take them to an environmentally friendly scrap metal… Read more →

And so the media flurry continues!   I can’t thank you all enough for all your kind emails and comments! Hear more of my yapping in this interview on KIRO morning radio! Read more →

Battery #20 recovered!   See the story here on King 5 http://www.king5.com/community/making-a-difference/Sea-garbage-removed-from-Elliott-Bay-by-West-Seattle-woman-142869095.html   Read more →

http://www.king5.com/on-tv/evening-magazine/Puget-Sound-Super-Heroes-141837743.html     Read more →

 I want you. Grey haired, blue haired, no haired.  The aging baby boomers, the retirees, the forgotten parents, the widows and widowers… When talking to my father the other night, it dawned on me… In this struggle against trash,  I need an army, and I think I may have an idea where to start recruiting. My dad saves clippings for… Read more →

Yup, you read it right, program your DVR!  Evening Magazine reporter Saint Bryan saw the Battery Round-up post on West Seattle Blog and thought it could be a good story! Read more →

Video: The Great Battery Roundup of 2012, updated Thanks Tracy!!! my follow up for all the kind things folks have been saying 🙂  Thank you all for the kind and positive comments! I must admit, sometimes it feels like I’m tilting at windmills… But when we do a ‘second pass’ and find no batteries, and I see the smiling faces… Read more →

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Cove 2 continues to be the gift that keeps on giving with regards to batteries.   We have 5 more to take in for recycling which actually brings us to 10.    There are 8 in the shallows and at least two more known in the primary ‘diving’ area before we start actually having to go “look” for them 🙂 … Read more →

Follow just the battery project here:  http://onebatteryatatime.wordpress.com/ Q:  How did these batteries get here? A:  I am not sure, but I believe they are discarded boat batteries, many of which are left over from the old Seacrest Marina. Q:  How do you recover a battery? A:  In a milk crate modified with a lifting harness, we use lift bags to… Read more →