A total of 776 volunteers helped to remove thousands of pounds of trash, invasive weeds and marked storm drains that feed into the river during the 2018 Truckee River Cleanup this weekend, reports the Reno Gazette Journal.
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The volunteers removed approximately 24,450 lbs of trash and 108,810 lbs of invasive weeds from 22 sites along the river on Saturday, Oct. 13, according to a release from Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB).
The efforts were part of the 2018 Truckee River Cleanup, an annual effort orchestrated by KTMB, a local non-profit that aims to keep the area clean “for all to enjoy,” according to their website.
“This is one of our biggest cleanups each year, and it is always amazing to see our community come together to help protect this wonderful resource, the Truckee River, that runs right through the heart of the Truckee Meadows,” said Christi Cakiroglu, Executive Director of KTMB in the release.
Volunteers also removed 67 tires, planted 42 plants and planted two pounds of seeds.
When we moved we had to order a 60 foot dumpster to throw away trash and other items. Having done this before I also hired a security company to watch the dumpster. Within 3 hours of the dumpster being in front of our house a pick up truck pulled up with an over load of trash, the security company quickly stopped them all of it being recorded on video in case something went wrong. The dumpster was in front of our house for three days. Guess how many people tried to put their trash in our dumpster? 20. Yep that’s right 20! During the third night three huge trucks pulled up with what the security company described as industrial scrap waste. Huge chunks of metal, I-beams and so on. He stopped them and also called the local police as he was sure they would just dump it somewhere else.