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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — For two days, thousands of volunteers fanned out along the Charles River and its tributaries, picking up trash and pulling invasive plants.
The 27th annual Charles River Earth Day cleanup happened across Boston and nearby communities, with thousands picking up trash from the Esplanade to the Emerald Necklace.
Amanda organized a group of about 50 Eversource employees who volunteered to work alongside the river off the VFW Parkway. The group focused on the smaller items that eventually land in the river.
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"You've got the roadway right here, and you can tell that a lot of people throw things out the window," she said. "Water comes when it rains, washes it down towards the river, and then eventually into the river. So we're able to get a lot of stuff out of the banks before it reaches the waterways."
Jim, who has volunteered with the group for four years, says the main pollutant he sees is plastic.
"It's just amazing how much plastic is in our society and ends up in our waterways. So I would say about 80% of what we collected was plastic-oriented."
WBZ NewsRadio's Shari Small (@ShariSmallNews) reports.