PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — On Thursday, students from Indi-ED, a non-profit school in St. Petersburg, picked up 100 pounds of trash from a local waterway.
The students found many things like wrappers, bottles and other litter surrounding the shore of St. Pete's Clam Bayou.
The students collected more than 100 pounds of trash in just two hours.
"A lot of the time, people don’t think about the impact they’re having on the environment when they’re just throwing their trash away," said Rowan Kaminsky, a 10-year-old student.
They’re working with "Keep Pinellas Beautiful" with a goal of collecting 50,000 pounds of trash by Earth Day.
"The reason you should care is because when it washes out into the bay, you’re hurting your native wildlife along with possibly your own health," said Leila Wallace, a 12-year-old student.
Over the next two months, the students will clean up several local areas, including parks and streets, until the final clean-up on April 21st.
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