Lake Tahoe, California Labor Day Cleanup Removes Thousands of Pieces of Trash Another holiday, another cleanup operation was required on the shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe. Sadly, it’s to be expected. In fact, there’s a whole group of volunteers who organize the cleanup beforehand, so sure are they that they’ll need to clean up after lazy revelers. This year, more than 70 volunteers from KeepTahoeBlue donated their day to pick up the […] Steven Agar | September 10, 2018 0 Comments
Annual Fifth July Trash Pick-Up at Lake Tahoe Yields 1,500-Pounds of Leftover Garbage Every year, without fail, Californians celebrate Fourth of July on the shores of Lake Tahoe, partying, eating, spending time with friends and family and watching the fireworks. And every year, without fail, hundreds of residents spend Fifth of July cleaning up their mess. Sadly, this year is no different… After Wednesday’s Fourth of July festivities left mounds of cans, bottles, cigarette […] Steven Agar | July 6, 2018 2 Comments
Everest Left With Piles Of Garbage This Season Nepal has climbers pick up trash on Everest. Image: NBC News Mount Everest has been left with piles upon piles of garbage at Camp II in it’s short 2018 season, including human waste, tents, and other discarded gear. The mountain gets between 70,000 and 100,000 visitors each year. Trash left on Everest 2018 season. Image: Planet Ski More than 700 climbers […] Featured Article Jenah MacGrain | June 6, 2018 1 Comment
South Lake Tahoe Spring Cleanup Collects 2,500 Pounds of Trash The third annual Spring Cleanup event in South Tahoe again has the place looking a whole lot cleaner. Volunteers picked up 2,465 pounds of trash in three hours at 19 different locations on Tahoe’s southern shore. Nice work all! The event was put on and sponsored by the Clean Tahoe Program, the city of South Lake Tahoe, and by Harrah’s […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn is Doing her Bit for the Environment by Collecting Trash off the Beach Whilst on Vacation In my spare time I cleaned the beach. Sadly I collected this much trash in only a 100 meters of beach. We need to do a better job of protecting our planet 🌎 ❤️🙏🏻 #everyonedosomething A post shared by L I N D S E Y • V O N N (@lindseyvonn) on May 9, 2018 at 9:03am PDT The […] SnowBrains | May 14, 2018 0 Comments
Nepal Begins Huge National Cleanup Campaign to Remove the Tons of Trash Littering Mount Everest With the increasing popularity of climbers looking to climb Mount Everest each and every spring climbing season, trash has become a serious problem. Often, climbers leave items like empty oxygen bottles, discarded food cans and torn tents in an attempt to save weight, and in turn conserve energy at the oxygen-starved altitude. But like any trash, it soon piles up, […] Climbing Steven Agar | March 21, 2018 0 Comments
1,676-Pounds of Garbage Left on Lake Tahoe Beaches on 4th of July, 2017 The League to Save Lake Tahoe’s 320+ resident-volunteers picked up 1,676-pounds of garbage off Lake Tahoe, CA/NV’s beaches on July 5th, 2017. July 5th, 2017 was the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s (Keep Tahoe Blue) 6th year of doing this 5th of July beach clean up. They cleaned 5.6 miles of Lake Tahoe beaches and trails. THE LEAGUE TO SAVE […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 7, 2017 1 Comment
2,300 Pounds of Trash Left on Tahoe’s Beaches This 4th of July 2,300 pounds of garbage were left on Lake Tahoe’s beaches after firework shows this past 4th of July. Tahoe is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Who would trash it like this? Fortunately, “Keep Tahoe Blue” found 120 volunteers to help clean up the litter. “We collected nearly 2,300 pounds […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 8, 2015 5 Comments
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