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Volunteers pick up over 35,000 pounds of trash and Debris Coastal Cleanup in Pasco County

Last Saturday volunteers from all over the county participated in the Pasco County Coastal Cleanup corresponding with the International Coastal Cleanup. The teams collected trash from the side of the road and coastal waterways for several hours Saturday morning. In Land O’Lakes Betsy Crisp completed her 20th year of coordinating the event with Kurt Conover and his wife Sandra. Their sponsors for this year's event were SunTrust Bank who provided the site for the collection and Lunch, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for providing transport vehicle, Hungry Harry's Family BBQ for providing the great lunch, Ierna’s Heating and Cooling for providing those great Snow cones, McDonalds, West Coast Rental for chairs and tent, Waste Management, the Lutz Land O Lakes Woman's Club for all the volunteers, and the Pasco County extension of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Afterwards, all teams met at their designated locations to weigh the debris. The Ocean Conservancy uses this information to produce an annual country-by-country, state-by-state index of the problem of marine debris. Pasco County has been a part of International Coastal Cleanup for the past 22 years. In 2013, approximately 1,515 Pasco County volunteers collected more than 17.55 tons (35,100 pounds) of trash and debris from all around Pasco. Several teams are registered to take part in the 2014 Coastal Cleanup, including: Gulf Kayaking Team, Strauber Memorial Highway, Holiday; City of Dade City; Cotee River, downtown New Port Richey; Gulf Harbor Fishing Club, New Port Richey; Hudson Beach; Lacoochee; Waterfront Park, New Port Richey; Sea Pines, Hudson; Signal Cove, Hudson; and Werner-Boyce State Park, Port Richey. Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the world spend a few hours removing trash and debris from beaches, lakes, and rivers and inland areas, while keeping track of every piece of trash they find. The Ocean Conservancy uses that information to produce an annual country-by-country, state-by-state index of the problem of marine debris.
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