North Georgia rivers are contaminated; however, just as people pollute waters, a group of volunteers, led by a partnership of Rivers Alive and the Aquatic Sciences Center of Milledgeville, spent an afternoon cleaning up Tanyard Creek in their college community.
From Georgia College students to nearby residents, these volunteers gathered trash to restore the creek’s beauty that flows nearby an apartment complex.
What’s Working
Read about river clean-up initiatives in Ecuador.
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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts
The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.
Hamilton Culpepper, Kacie Geter & Seth Manus are each journalism students at the University of Georgia.
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