Since September 2006, Friends of Jupiter Beach have beentracking theweight of garbage and recyclablesremoved from Jupiter Beachat monthly cleanups, for a totalexceeding 12,300pounds of trash removed from September 06-July 08. More than5,000 pounds of recyclableshave beenseparated and transferred voluntarily by Rapid Removal, a Palm Beach Gardens firm. Previously, the number of garbage bags collected were recorded, but the change was made to so that observers could fully comprehend the extent of the garbage problem at the beach and, more importantly, the tremendous benefit to the community provided by Friends of Jupiter Beach. The offer by Rapid Removal, in fall of 2006, to collect the separated recyclables following each cleanup has resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in the amount of garbage going to landfill.