KLCB organizes annual beach cleanup
On July 5, Keep Lee County Beautiful hosted its annual Independence Day Cleanup on the Sanibel Causeway Islands, at Bunche Beach in Fort Myers, and on Fort Myers Beach.
Officials reported that a large amount of fireworks containers were picked up at Bunche Beach and on the south end of Fort Myers Beach. In addition, every place volunteers cleaned they gathered the usual plastic and glass bottles, plastic cups, lids, bags and food wrappers, plus over a thousand cigarette butts.
KLCB thanked the hard-working volunteers who removed 1,052 pounds of trash from the environment before it could get washed out into the Gulf of Mexico and damage local waters or harm marine life.
It also thanked Whole Foods Market for providing granola bars, suntan lotion and bottled water.
For more information about KLCB, visit https://www.klcb.org/.