mattcudmore Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I've recently been introduced to Geocaching by a friend of mine. I've done it only a handful of times, but it's so much fun! We've been talking about CITO, and how we can help cleanup the community, and some caches in the area. He suggested coming up with a cleanup kit that we can leave at a cache to help with the cleanup efforts. The kits are a small zip-top bag with a garbage bag and pair of latex gloves - along with a little note about the kit. "Inside you will find a garbage bag and a pair of latex gloves. After enjoying this cache, please take a few moments to clean up any garbage in the area. If there is no garbage, you may chose to take this kit with you to your next cache, or leave it here for the next person that comes along. There is no need to exchange and item for this cleanup kit, but please feel free to make your own and leave them at your favourite caches for others!" I was just curious to hear what others had to say about this... maybe this is something that could be done in other places. Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment
+HedgeMage Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I've recently been introduced to Geocaching by a friend of mine. I've done it only a handful of times, but it's so much fun! We've been talking about CITO, and how we can help cleanup the community, and some caches in the area. He suggested coming up with a cleanup kit that we can leave at a cache to help with the cleanup efforts. The kits are a small zip-top bag with a garbage bag and pair of latex gloves - along with a little note about the kit. "Inside you will find a garbage bag and a pair of latex gloves. After enjoying this cache, please take a few moments to clean up any garbage in the area. If there is no garbage, you may chose to take this kit with you to your next cache, or leave it here for the next person that comes along. There is no need to exchange and item for this cleanup kit, but please feel free to make your own and leave them at your favourite caches for others!" I was just curious to hear what others had to say about this... maybe this is something that could be done in other places. Cheers Matt Add a warning to the note, visible from the outside of the bag, so people with latex allergies don't have an attack in the middle of quiet woods somewhere. If I saw such a kit, I'd expect the trash bag, but probably not the gloves. --Susan Quote Link to comment
mattcudmore Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Awesome. Will do! Quote Link to comment
+edjohnsonparamedic Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 (edited) I've recently been introduced to Geocaching by a friend of mine. I've done it only a handful of times, but it's so much fun! We've been talking about CITO, and how we can help cleanup the community, and some caches in the area. He suggested coming up with a cleanup kit that we can leave at a cache to help with the cleanup efforts. The kits are a small zip-top bag with a garbage bag and pair of latex gloves - along with a little note about the kit. "Inside you will find a garbage bag and a pair of latex gloves. After enjoying this cache, please take a few moments to clean up any garbage in the area. If there is no garbage, you may chose to take this kit with you to your next cache, or leave it here for the next person that comes along. There is no need to exchange and item for this cleanup kit, but please feel free to make your own and leave them at your favourite caches for others!" I was just curious to hear what others had to say about this... maybe this is something that could be done in other places. Cheers Matt Add a warning to the note, visible from the outside of the bag, so people with latex allergies don't have an attack in the middle of quiet woods somewhere. If I saw such a kit, I'd expect the trash bag, but probably not the gloves. --Susan Latex free gloves are readily available as an alternative... Great idea tho. Edited May 16, 2009 by edjohnsonparamedic Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 When we see trash on the way to the cache we leave a labeled film can w/ a plastic shopping bag in it. The gloves that we have used just tear and are useless. The reality is that few people CITO though. Quote Link to comment
mattcudmore Posted May 16, 2009 Author Share Posted May 16, 2009 Really? Wow, that's sad to hear. I know that one of the caches in my area is located at a carpool lot off a major highway. I went back a few days after finding the cache (when I had some time) and spent about half an hour picking up garbage. You couldn't really even tell that I had done it, but still - it's better than nothing. Quote Link to comment
+jtthjones Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I just made some of these. I made some Lables for the outside of the bag with the CITO logo on it. The warning about latex is a good idea, i didn't think of that. I'm also going to keep some in my geo bag to clean up some myself. you can get the logo on the main page of www.geocaching.com then go to Event Planning Resources http://www.geocaching.com/about/logousage.aspx#CITO Quote Link to comment
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