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50+ Pounds Of Trash Collected At Beach In Fairfield On Earth Day
The Fairfield Garden Club collected the trash, which included plastic bags and straws, Mylar balloons and more, during an Earth Day cleanup.
FAIRFIELD, CT — The Fairfield Garden Club collected more than 50 pounds of trash during an Earth Day cleanup at Penfield Beach Monday morning in Fairfield. The trash included plastic bags and straws, mylar balloons, glass bottles and even a discarded parking ticket, according to organizers.
The cleanup was the second beach cleanup effort made by The Fairfield Garden Club. More than 18 pounds of trash was collected at Sasco Hill Beach on Nov. 13, 2018.
As a member club of the Garden Club of America as well as a member of Federated Garden Clubs of CT, The Fairfield Garden Club actively promotes initiatives that support responsible waste management practices, including those aimed at reducing growing ocean garbage patches.
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Pictured: The clean-up crew (from left to right): Virginia Dean, Lorraine Indiveri, Nan Nelson, Sue Wittekind, Claire Van de Berghe, Olivia Charney, Jen Bargas, Whitney Vose, Candace Wagner, Barbara Wooten, Penny Ross. Not pictured, Carolyn Stubbs. (Contributed photo)
Fairfield town workers Tom Francoeur and Lino Pinho, hauling away FGC’s giant bag of trash. (Contributed photo)
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