UPDATE - The Litter Project ... Earl Marriott, Semiahmoo and Elgin Park Secondary - Surrey, BC - April 14, 2013

I decided that after advising the three local high schools of my concern for their litter problem last week, that I would give it a week, and then check to see what actions, if any, were taken.

Earl Marriott -  While it looks like a few of the bigger ticket items (Pizza boxes, Pringles cans) were picked up, there is absolutely NO other change... The garbage that was lying there is still there. The problem areas are not even touched it seems.  Too Bad. STILL over 1000 pieces of trash on school grounds!

Semiahoo - Positive change on the NORTH SIDE of the PARKING LOT, but it appears that this was done by the city after the complaint, but absolutely NO change on or around school grounds or the school side of the parking lot. In fact, the school grounds are WORSE! NONE of the offending areas were addressed in any way that I can see. Easily over 1000 pieces of trash on or around school property, with some particularly concentrated and eye sore areas that encroach on personal or park property.

Elgin Park - In my opinion, Elgin gets the gold star here... SIGNIFICANT change and the two core problem areas affecting both the school and the surrounding park have been completely cleaned!  VERY IMPRESSED with the speed and quality of the litter removal... I even checked for a few pieces I knew were  off the main area in the bush and THEY were gone.

I have updated ELGIN here:  NICELY DONE!

I am excited that Elgin took the bull by the horns and sprung into action... I am equally disappointed by the apparent disregard of the other two schools.  ESPECIALLY after seeing Elgin.