Pacific Beach Town Council Beach Clean-Up Volunteers and PB residents, Lisa and James Magill (center) collect cigarette butts on the corner of Garnet Ave & Mission Blvd, July 5th, 2008. Volunteers and organisers of several beach clean-ups in the Pacific and Mission Beach area were stunned by the huge reduction in trash on the beaches compared to what they are used to finding each year on July 5th after beachgoers leave. The cleanliness of the beaches left many searching the side...
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Pacific Beach Town Council Beach Clean-Up Volunteers and PB residents, Lisa and James Magill (center) collect cigarette butts on the corner of Garnet Ave & Mission Blvd, July 5th, 2008. Volunteers and organisers of several beach clean-ups in the Pacific and Mission Beach area were stunned by the huge reduction in trash on the beaches compared to what they are used to finding each year on July 5th after beachgoers leave. The cleanliness of the beaches left many searching the side streets and alleys for trash to collect. Most people are attributing the drastic change to the six-month old alcohol ban on the area beaches.
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