SAFETY GUIDE
Keep everyone safe
during this time of COVID-19

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​FOR STUDENTS:
read these Safety Guidelines
with a parent or guardian  

TEACHERS- 
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Guidelines for Street Litter Cleanups:

Stay safe!

• What to bring: 🔹mask/face covering, 🔹gloves, 🔹60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer,🔹grabbers (if you have them), 🔹2 separate collection boxes or bags. 
• Select Location with few people where you can stay 6 feet apart. Avoid crowded areas and times.  
• Wear a mask or cloth face covering when in public per CDC recommendations
• Wear gloves!! Viruses can live on hard surfaces. Wearing gloves reminds you not to touch your face or mask.
• Grabbers(or tongs) can minimize contact between your gloves and trash items. Sanitize after each use, before transport, and before storage. 
• DO NOT touch your face/self or public surfaces during the cleanup.  

• ★★★All PPE items (Personal Protective Equipment) must be handled with great caution using gloves or grabbers. OPTION A: Discard carefully in trash receptacle. OPTION B: Do NOT handle these items -- photograph in place instead!

 

• USE hand sanitizer after cleanup, then wash your hands with soap and hot water for 20 seconds as soon as you can.
• Properly disinfect all reusable equipment before and after the cleanup using an EPA-approved product for use against COVID-19.
  
  

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• *IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure you do this clean-up with a guardian or  adult and with guardian permission if you are old enough to go alone.

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 - For Beach Litter Cleanups, please see Surfrider Foundation's complete safety guidelines  
​- Check out CDC public health guidance, local street and beach  access restrictions, and EPA recommendations for properly discarding used PPE items. )