Volunteers Encounter Dangerous Trash While Cleaning Up South Platte River In Denver – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – Odell Brewing teamed up with Denver Trout to wash up a stretch of the South Platte River. 40 to 50 volunteers centered on the realm round Cuernavaca Park which is close to twentieth and Little Raven.

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Odell has helped with the cleanups for the previous three to 4 years, saying they’re an vital a part of supporting the group.

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“Odell’s been brewing beer for 30 years,” stated Miguel Hallman with the brewery. “We’re all the time in search of alternatives to get out with our group and volunteer. We simply make our rivers a prettier place.”

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Hallman did acknowledge volunteers are more likely to encounter all kinds of trash starting from plastic to procuring cart to needles.

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“Security is our primary precedence,” Hallman stated. “We inform individuals to be protected. Don’t contact something sharp. Tell us and we’ll go handle it correctly.

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“It’s terrifying to have a look at the rivers and see the state some individuals go away it in. Discovering needles. It’s unhappy, it’s terrifying, it’s scary however we’re doing the whole lot we are able to decide up the trash and make it prettier one piece at a time.”

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