This year, the Municipality of Argyle gave us the Disco Road in East Pubnico to clean. The road runs for only 400 meters but, per meter, it must set the record for trash. It took six TREPA members from 9 am untill 1 pm (4 hours) to collect 83 bags of garbage and lots of big, loose (mainly rope and rusty metal) stuff! The trash included used pampers, sanitary pads and condoms along with the normal plastic bags and fast food litter. See the most “unique piece” below.
The team this year consisted of Mil and Mike Nickerson, Carol Jacquard, Margrit Robinson, Waylin Shediac, and John Sollows. Backs hurt and there were two cuts but all were in good spirits and got the job done. It is just unfortunate that this type of project is necessary in our communities. Would guess that if you drive on Disco Road today you will see the start of the next litter cycle.
John Sollows with the trash from just 400 meters of Disco Road
Our most unique piece of litter from this year's collection
What a wonderful way to show your love of the earth! Please share this article with the local newspapers. Perhaps when people see how nice the road looks without litter they will think twice before throwing their trash around. We really need to get the message out to Refuse (to buy what we don’t need), Reuse , Renew and Recycle.
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