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He's developed an elaborate system to get the job done. >> what started off with just one boat has turned into the only river cleanup operation in the world. we have boats, crane boat. >> at the heart is an 800 ton massive barge. >> it's four small irbarges put together. the toe boat pushes it wherever it needs to go. >> three of the barges are used to unload and store the tons of trash. it looks like a floating junk yard, but it's much more than that. >> so this is what we call the garbage barge, but it's not all garbage. actually all the bags, we need to go through every bottle, can, recycle...

Everybody wants to do it. >> we'll go into the o. >> sir, i know you want to hug her. go ahead. whoo! >> oh, oh, oh, oh, hang tough! unbelievable. ♪ >> when you go to cleanup, you want to make it safe, memorable and fun. you can mix those three things, you've got a good deal. >> once volunteers have settled into work boats, chad likes to encourage a little friendly competition. >> we want to create what's called boat envy. like i wish i was in that boat, that boat looks like they're having a good time. >> you guys yell and scream, number ones, high-five like we're having the time of our life...

It's a hub for the marine industry, so all the barges, tow boats are here. >> but barges aren't all he'll find on this river. >> one of the safety concern the is the flying carp which sounds crazy to a lot of people, but they really do fly out of the water at high speeds, and they get rather big. >> the carp gather in the warm, shallow areas near the shore, so when the boat comes by. >> they jump out of the water like a defense mechanism. it's the sound of the engine bothering them. it's one more concern that we have in the cleanup. in this river we go ahead and run a boat without anything on ...