Volunteers needed for Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup in Red Deer

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“Such a high percentage of sea birds and other birds utilize our shorelines for their food – they’re eating so much plastic and garbage and junk that it’s quite literally killing them,” she says. ‘We’re putting that in the food chain.”

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Wells says people who partake will be doing their part to help the ecosystem thrive and heal.

“Our spring cleanup, we pick up an awful lot, then our autumn cleanup doesn’t tend to be quite as dirty, but we still fill a good 50 bags and that’s counting on 60 to 70 volunteers who will hopefully join us,” she adds.

A free BBQ courtesy of NOVA Chemicals will follow the cleanup at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.