After the mountains of snow finally melted and I had recovered from a ridiculously long, energy-sapping cold, I was able to return to my personal quest to pick up litter 50 times before my 50th birthday. The ground was soaked so I had to choose my location carefully. I decided to tackle the landscape on the eastern side of the Mercer County Library parking lot where I had noticed a windswept wall of trash decorating the trees.
However, while leaving my own neighborhood, I saw an area that needed tidying up, so I made a quick stop and gathered a small but heavy bag of trash.
At the library, my pickup consisted primarily of discarded drink containers, plastic bottles, and empty snack food and fast food bags. I couldn't not wander onto the perimeter of the high school student parking lot because it too was littered with more of the above. Isn't there some type of a nature or recycling club at the high school that could provide waste containers in the parking lot and/or routinely clean up the trash left by students? Belonging to an organization like that would look great on a college resume. Just thinking out loud.
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