During the closing of my junior year, summer entering senior year, and the first few months of my senior year I wrote this research paper detailing the effectiveness and insights that PUNT (Picking Up Neighborhood Trash) has been able to draw. The study was concluded over the course of a little over six months spanning from April to October of 2025. I hope to expand on this research in the future, potentially digging deeper into the "derivative" of the mesoplastic pollution outlined in the paper: Microplastics.