Thirteen trash-hunting volunteers scoured both sides of Mount Seymour Parkway for three hours on Sunday, April 3, and collected an impressive pile of garbage in the process.
Organized by area residents Alastair Campbell and Karen Koroluk, the sixth annual neighbourhood litter pickup event covered the stretch of Mount Seymour Parkway from Lillooet Road to Broadview Drive, including parts of Riverside Drive and Windridge Drive.
The volunteers’ day-end loot included plenty of discarded campaign signs left over from last fall’s federal election.
The rubbish removal event was supported by the District of North Vancouver’s Adopt a Street program, which works with community members to keep roadsides litter-free. Volunteers were provided with garbage bags, tongs, visibility vests and disposable gloves. The municipality also arranged to truck the litter away following the pickup.
Superstore also supported the event by providing a $25 gift certificate to the finder of the most unusual piece of litter.
The Adopt a Street program is open to all district residents and businesses. To learn more, or to download an application form, visit dnv.org/beautification.
