Amanda Spanier and Ryan Sholty search for trash on Mission Beach 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 in the wake of the thousands of beachgoers that crowd the area on the Fourth of July holiday. The cleanliness of the beaches left many searching the side streets and alleys for trash to collect. Most...
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Amanda Spanier and Ryan Sholty search for trash on Mission Beach 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 in the wake of the thousands of beachgoers that crowd the area on the Fourth of July holiday. 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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