Clean Sweep volunteers, including 140 Scouts and their families, turned up in droves to receive their certificates and custom patches at the annual Clean Sweep Recognition Event on June 12.
Attendance was higher than expected and the auditorium was packed. Mayor Mark Lauretti noted in his opening remarks that the event may be moved to a larger venue in the future to accommodate the growing number of participants.
Gil Pastore, chairman of the Anti-Litter Committee, ran through some statistics for Clean Sweep 2013.
More than 640 participants picked up a total of:
- 340 large garbage bags of litter, 2500 lbs of scrap metal (Boy Scout Troop 28)
- 3 full pickup truckloads of debris (Land Trust)
- 65 cubic yards of garbage hauled from the river (Housatonic River Cleanup, Inc.), not to mention a large assortment of items such as mattresses, tires, and construction debris.
Click here for more info and pictures from the Shelton Anti-Litter Committee.
