Trash Duty

Whenever I take Reilly to the local playgrounds, she typically plays on the equipment for a maximum of twenty minutes before deciding that the local flora and fauna are much more interesting. As she roams the grassy areas surrounding the playground, she often stops to pick up bits of trash that were carelessly dropped by other children (and their accompanying adults).

Typically, I'll take each piece of litter as Reilly hands it to me, put it into my pocket, and then throw out the lot when we return home. Yesterday, just as an experiment, I took a photo of all the items before throwing them away:

Clockwise from the right: empty CapriSun juice box, cigarette butt (the item most often picked up by my daughter), a torn snack wrapper, a candy wrapper, and one blue balloon, orange ribbon still attached. Choking hazards abound!