SundayB次元官网网址檚 second-annual City Wide Beach Clean-Up was a success as more than 200 volunteers showed up to recover 665 pounds of waste from 10 beaches.
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The overall amount of total garbage weight removed was lower than last year due to ongoing beach cleans throughout the year, including a fairly recent Gorge Waterway clean-up that yielded about 1,000 pounds, Montgomery said. Volunteers worked for 90 minutes then reconvened at Clover Point to sort and weigh it all.
B次元官网网址淓very beach that we cleaned had at least one, if not two clean-ups this year [since last yearB次元官网网址檚 City Wide Clean-Up], plus beaches like Willows and Cadboro Bay have clean-ups by other groups. ItB次元官网网址檚 still a lot of debris,B次元官网网址� Montgomery said.
Coffee cups and straws were common offenders, with a derelict, broken row boat coming out of Cadboro Bay.
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B次元官网网址淭hank you to all the community that came out, our sponsors, and especially to Atlas Junk, who are amazing, we couldnB次元官网网址檛 do all this work without them, they come to most of our cleanups,B次元官网网址� Montgomery said.
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