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From tires to mannequins, Shore Sweep keeps Lake Lanier clean for a third decade
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Some of the trash collected at Longwood Park during the annual Shore Sweep on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, included plastic balls from a children’s ball pit and other plastics.
More than 1,000 volunteers joined forces across 11 locations Saturday, Sept. 15, in an effort to keep Lake Lanier clean at the 30th annual Shore Sweep event. Each year, thousands of pounds of trash are pulled from the lake and its shores.