Keep Tahoe Blue hosted its 13th annual Keep Tahoe Red, White & Blue cleanup Sunday at beaches around the lake.Â
More than 400 volunteers equipped with reusable bags, clipboards to tally data, and grabbers fanned out across six beach sites around the Lake.
Divers also searched for trash and debris in the lake.Â
Keep Tahoe Blue says volunteers removed 1,330 pounds of trash from the beaches and surrounding parking lots, trails, and streets at six separate sites — less litter than average for the annual July 5 event.
Since 2013, Keep Tahoe Blue has conducted cleanup events like this one, where volunteers collect not just litter, but also data on what types of trash they find. By analyzing the data, the organization identifies trends and then pushes for solutions that stop litter at the source.Â
(Keep Tahoe Blue contributed to this report)
