Bottles, cans, dressers and a mini-fridge: How volunteers helped clear trash from the Chattahoochee - Gainesville Times

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Bottles, cans, dressers and a mini-fridge: How volunteers helped clear trash from the Chattahoochee

A man fishes at Longwood Park Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Sweep the Hooch happened over the weekend at the Gainesville park as well as the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue and Don Carter State Park. - photo by Scott Rogers

09032020 SWEEP 1.jpg — A man fishes at Longwood Park Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Sweep the Hooch happened over the weekend at the Gainesville park as well as the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue and Don Carter State Park. - photo by Scott Rogers

Kayakers, canoers and walkers combing the Chattahoochee River found more than 25 tons of trash -- and furniture fit for a college dorm room.