Coastal Cleanup Cleans Up

Daphne Cleanup Chad stopped by May Day Park where volunteers had scooped up an estimated 900 pounds of trash.
by Chad Petri
Published: Sat, September 19, 2009 - 12:51 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, September 19, 2009 - 12:55 pm CST
DAPHNE, Alabama - Several spots around the gulf coast are a lot prettier today. Dozens of volunteers across the region took part in the 22nd annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup. I stopped by May Day Park in Daphne. That's where they had so many volunteers they finished cleaning the area in an hour. Organizers say they collected about 900 pounds of trash in that site alone. That's trash that won't be damaging marine life.

“[They] get tangled in it, try to eat it thinking it's food it gets stuck in their digestive system and they can die, so we're out here to not only beautify our community but also to save the marine environment,” says zone captain Priscilla Dabney. Clean up sites were dotted across Mobile and Baldwin counties. Organizes say they've picked up more than 1-million pounds of trash in the last two decades.
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claycitymadness
claycitymadness Says:
Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 7:03 am

yeah there’s trash over here too. many times you can find it out on the beach but sometimes you can find it right next door.

rmseek1234 Says:
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Say it ain’t so! You mean the Eastern Shore has TRASH!!!!!

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