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More than 2 million pounds of litter removed from NC’s roads in 2021, NCDOT says (Source: WECT) By CBS 17 Digital Desk | March 17, 2021 at 10:20 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 10:21 AM RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — More than two million pounds of litter have been collected from roadsides this year, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday. The trash was collected as part of the state’s litter removal efforts that included NCDOT crews, contractors and volunteers...

Man, what am i getting for this before he even has a chance to kick the tires. >>ç in fact, you got lockheed martin working on marine one, the helicopter. these folks have defense contracts and boeing has immense competition coming from air bbu in europe. is everything piece by piece for donald trump? >> i dont know. i think maybe hes time do this. he has more time than most people because he never sleeps. i mean, its something that he likes to do. you are right, if theres a litter problem in ...

Debris thats washing up from other countries. >> reporter: this is not just a litter problem. look at whats inside this albatros. a sea bird found dead, plastics fill its body. david and his team are researching the alarming rate of debris in the birds. >> here you see -- >> it is filled with plastic. >> reporter: this is the stomach of a 2-month-old. is that part of a drain? >> oh, its a brush. look at that. >> reporter: about 80% of this baby birds stomach iss ind digestible plastic. >> morall...

The foreign markings tell where some of it comes from. these are definitely from japan. this is some type of pickle. thats definitely japanese. hawaii wildlife funds megan lamson has seen the debris since last fall, like refrigerator, with japanese on the temperature dial. large buoys, even an intact fishing boat from japan. sucked into the pacific on that horrifying day two years ago. traveling through the pacific, volunteers like hwf have been fighting the already big problem of marine debris....

Million tons of floating tsunami debris. >> its disheartening to come out here and see all this marine debris in an area thats otherwise so remote. debris washing up from other countries. >> reporter: this is not just a litter problem. look at whats inside this arbatross, a sea bird. the team is researching the alarming rate of debris and the birds. >> here you see. >> it is filled with plastic. >> reporter: this is a stomach of a two-month old albatross. is that part of a drain? >> its a brush,...