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Volunteers were at the San Antonio River at Espada Park on the South Side Saturday morning to collect trash during a statewide campaign to keep Texas waterways clean.
Some volunteers picked up trash along the bank, and others used kayaks to find refuse.
Anna Castillo and Evan Johnson says the found a lot.
“Lots of plastic bags, water bottles, styrofoam cups, cigarette butts - tons of ‘em," they told TPR.
The program is a partnership between The Gulf Trust and H-E-B and was hosted by Keep San Antonio Beautiful.
Trash Free Gulf, a program of the Gulf Trust, is holding the statewide campaign throughout the month of May. The initiative aims to prevent over 800 tons of trash from reaching the Gulf.
Jay Kleburg is with the Gulf Trust.
“Ultimately what we’re going to do is collect data on the type of trash so that communities like San Antonio, and place like Abilene and elsewhere can hopefully fight the root cause of litter in our waterways," he said.
By 10 o'clock, volunteers had piled up several hundred pounds of litter.
