Not many family would spend their free time picking up other people's litter.

Not many family would spend their free time picking up other people's litter. nevertheless Chad Pregracke has spent greatest in quantity of the past five years doing just that along the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers.

Why?

Chad grew up in a house alongside the Mississippi. He lov to fish and camp upon the river's wooded islands. That's when he first noticed the junk dotting its shoreline. Many other boaters and campers used the river, too. Unfortunately, an of them didn't care where they threw their trash.

Spring multitudes added to the clutter. When overflow waters went down, they left

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