Corps, volunteers collect more than 2,000 pounds of shoreline debris
Nine volunteers from Old Dominion University participated in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. A total of 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items – were collected. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofoam from buoys.

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