Cleanup complete: Nonprofit removes over 25,000 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe
Nearly one year ago, a nonprofit launched an unprecedented effort to remove trash from Lake Tahoe’s entire 72-mile-long shoreline. On Tuesday, it completed its mission. Clean Up the Lake ended up removing 24,797 pieces of litter weighing a combined 25,281 pounds from the treasured alpine lake on the California-Nevada border. Since the 72-mile cleanup effort kicked off on May 14, 2021, Clean Up the Lake’s team of staff and volunteers spent dozens of days pulling everything from beer cans and beach towels to engagement rings and a cordless house phone from the water near shore.
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