![]() From 700 to 1,000 visitors were expected over the weekend – more than 200 had passed through by Saturday afternoon. Once all the trash gets thrown away, it needs to go somewhere.Īcross town, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, workers at Waste Management’s Guadalupe Landfill showed off their recycling operation in a fourth annual open house. What do you do with the other 364?”Īfter more than two hours of picking up litter, volunteers were given a free lunch at the Center for Employment Training on Vine Street and tickets to a Sabercats arena football game at HP Pavilion. ![]() “But it shouldn’t be only one day a year. “It brings joy to see kids picking up trash, and they aren’t even in the Boy Scouts,” he said. Etched into the metal of the ornate plaque is the year he received it – June 1988. Numbers for this year’s haul were not available, but last year 342 volunteers collected 246 bags of trash and 146 bags of recyclable materials.įor decades, retired science teacher Michael Denistran has vigilantly picked up litter.įrom the passenger seat of his Buick GS, Denistran, 79, proudly pulled out a plaque honoring him for beautifying the school where he worked. “While it seems like each individual is not making a dent with a bag or two of garbage,” he said, “the reality is that 500 volunteers spread out year after year really do make a dent.” Vice Mayor David Cortese – who represents District 8 on the city council – said the annual event, operated since 2000 by the city, helps empower the community and makes residents more aware of the littering problem.
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