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Of my work. you get to work with thousands of great volunteers and it's very tangible. >> it gives you such a sense of accomplishment saying i did that. >> essentially what everybody is doing is serving their country and making it a better place. >> good game, good game, good game, good game. y yes, we got it. did you guys love it today, yeah. >> i hope to come back next year. create the same sort of opportunity. the river shouldn't be trashed. with your help we're making a difference. let's give it up. >> i've never thought of myself as environmentalist. i just thought of myself as a person w...

P p p propane tanks, the tires. quite a feet. >> it really makes a statement about our rivers. look at how much came out of the drinking water. some looks like barges full of garbage, not the prettiest site but to me, it looks like a cleaner river. >> it's also where chad lives with his nine person crew for weeks at a time. the house barge. custom built in 2011, it's a big upgrade from their old quarters. >> the other barge, it was one bathroom with ten people so you stand in line waiting to get in in the morning. the new barge is big. it runs on solar. it's the only one like it on the river. ...

>> it's quite a feat. they've retrieved over 1,000 refrigerators, 70,000 tires and deprefibris filling 92,000 tras bags. >> not the prettiest sight, but to me, it looks like a cleaner river. >> it's also where chad lives with his nine-person crew for weeks at a time. the house barge. custom built in 2011, it's a big upgrade from their old quarters. >> the other barge didn't have air conditioning. it was one bathroom. so you had ten people and you stand in line waiting to get in, in the morning. the new barge is bigger, runs on solar. the only one like it on the river that i know of. so welcome...

People want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i've removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we've brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let's give it up! yeah! it's about a cleaner river and about making america a better place. sounds cliche, but that's exactly what we're doing. [ applause ] >> please join me in honoring the river's garbageman, cnn hero chad pregracke. [ applause ] >> thank you. yeah.

Super hot. >> it's a good workout. >> this is hard, back-breaking work. you want to make it fun out there. >> i didn't think i'd be singing karaoke on a boat. >> at the end of the day, you're out there picking up garbage. >> it's yours. it's totally yours. little by little, we're getting it. people want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i've removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we've brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let's give ...