Take 5: Good things to do this weekend
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Saturday and environmentally related, the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center hosts the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative and Clean Up from 1 to 4 p.m., starting at the center, 1 Confluence Way, East Alton. This is a citizen science project that will show a snapshot of plastic pollution along the river. Learn more at www.mrcti.org/mississippi-river-plastic-pollution . Supplies provided include vests, gloves, litter grabbers, trash bags for volunteers. Make sure phones fully charged to track trash. Masks required. Building closed, but restrooms available. Show MoreShow Less
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Friday through Sunday enjoy live music all weekend at Recess Brewing, 307 N. Main St., Edwardsville, starting at 6 p.m.
Take 5: Good things to do this weekend
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Plastic pollution clean-up planned April 10
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Mayors, Scientists and Communities along Mississippi River come together to tackle plastic pollution
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Mayors, Scientists and Communities along the Mississippi River come together to tackle plastic pollution
Initiative was launched today at the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative’s ninth annual Capitol Meeting, where mayors representing over 100 communities along the river corridor are convening to address critical issues that impact the nation’s most important waterway, including plastic pollution.
Marine debris that continuously enters the Mississippi River poses a large threat to environmental quality and ecosystem health. As the drainage system for 40% of the continental United States, plastic waste and other litter travels through storm drains and smaller waterways into the river and its tributaries, ultimately making way to the Gulf of Mexico and into the ocean.