Volunteers Remove 477 Pounds of Trash From Ballard Park in Melbounre

clean-up was part of International Coastal Cleanup

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – On Saturday, September 20, 39 volunteers recently cleaned up more than 1,400 pieces of trash, totaling 477 pounds, at Ballard Park in Melbourne.

The volunteers worked tirelessly all morning, picking up every bit of trash they could find in the park and along the water’s edge.

The top five items were:

• 214 cigarette butts
• 193 food wrappers
• 64 plastic bottle caps
• 69 pieces of foam packaging
• 357 tiny pieces of plastic, foam, glass and paper

The clean-up event was part of International Coastal Cleanup, a worldwide effort to help eliminate trash from beaches and waterways. More information about the International Coastal Cleanup is available from the Ocean Conservancy.

To learn more about litter clean-up events in Brevard County, contact the ECO Division at recycle@mlbfl.org or visit Keep Brevard Beautiful.

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