Help keep our rivers clean at Confluence Trash Bash 2010

Volunteers hunt for litter along the Missouri River at the 2009 Confluence Trash Bash. This year's clean-up is scheduled for March 27. Credit: Dan Zarlenga, MDC

During 2009, volunteers for the organization Missouri River Relief removed an astounding 57 tons of trash from the Missouri River and her tributaries. That included 636 tires, 370 bags of recyclables, 11 refrigerators and a very long list of other items that have absolutely no business being in our waterways.

When you consider that North County borders two major rivers, each fed by numerous smaller streams, it should be no surprise that littered waterways are a big concern here. That’s why several local groups have come together to sponsor the Confluence Trash Bash, a day when volunteers just like you can help to clean up sites all over NoCo.

Hosted by Trailnet, the Confluence Partnership and Metropolitan Sewer District, this year’s event will tackle trash pick-up along the Mississippi and Missouri as well as at various locations in Maline Creek and Cold Water Creek. You can volunteer to work from either the water or the land, and everyone who participates gets free lunch.

To keep things fun, trash artists will also be on hand to create recycled art from some of the objects found, and prizes will be awarded for the largest, weirdest and most valuable items discovered during the pick-up.

If you’d like to sign up, you can register here. The 2010 Confluence Trash Bash will be held Saturday, March 27, from 8:30am to 12:30pm. Crews will meet at the Chain of Rocks Bridge and spread out from there.

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