Earth Day Bronx
River trash clean
up event
BY BRONX TIMES
To commemorate
Earth Day, the Bronx
River Alliance and
Westchester Community
Foundation participated
last week in
a Bronx River trash
clean-out on the Bronx
side of the Bronx/
Westchester border.
Since the summer of
2016, Bronx River Alliance
volunteers have
been assessing fl oatable
trash that is collected
from capture
points called “booms”
at different points in the
Bronx River through
Project WASTE (Waterway
And Street
Trash Elimination).
The Westchester Community
Foundation,
which works to improve
the quality of life
in Westchester County
through responsible
philanthropy, has provided
grants each year
for the last few years
to the Alliance to help
support their clean-up
and watershed management
efforts, including
Project WASTE.
#HappyEarthDay
from the #BronxRiver!
let’s work together to
restore the River and
protect our home !
Tnx to the
Westchester Community
Foundation for
supporting this cleanups.
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— Bronx River Alliance
(@BxRiverAlliance)
April 22, 2021
It is estimated that
about 70 % of trash in
the river originates in
Westchester County
and over the last four
or fi ve years, more than
200,000 pieces of fl oatable
trash have been
analyzed and removed. Volunteers clean trash from the Bronx River. Photos courtesy of Westchester Community Foundation
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