TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

Their act is all about cleaning up

ADVERTISEMENT

The Tampa Tribune

Published: April 29, 2009

RIVERVIEW - Some 2,300 volunteers fanned out across the region April 18 to participate in this year's Great American Cleanup.

They picked up 52,204 pounds of litter and retrieved and recycled an additional 3,260 pounds of plastic, glass and aluminum.

Among the stranger items found were three toilets, a lawn mower, a dog's leg and a computer that had been ditched in a canal, said Christine Commerce, executive director of Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful.

The nonprofit anti-litter organization organizes Hillsborough's participation in the annual cleanup.

Volunteers also found a horseshoe crab entangled in fishing line and a freshwater turtle trapped in a discarded pair of bluejeans.

There were fewer volunteers this year than last, and organizers were pleased to find there also seemed to be less trash.

Keyword, Cleanup 2009, to see a gallery of photos from the Great American Cleanup.

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT