Dutch Guy Was Annoyed By The Trash On His Way To Work So He Did This:

“A lot of people were all like ‘There should be more people like you!’”

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“And there were: this is my friend Rick helping out”

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The Contrast

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“The location was next to a bike path, and quite a few people got off their bikes and said what a great initiative this was.”

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“The trash tried to communicate with me”

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“The last garbage bag”

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“In 22 bags of trash, this is the only item I deemed worth keeping.”

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“The idea is to motivate people to fill one garbage bag with litter each year.”

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“It only takes 30 minutes, it really makes a difference and you will be amazed about how good you’ll feel afterwards.”

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“An Eurasian Coot started nesting in the part which I cleaned.”

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