Keeping trash off the beach

From CBS New York:

The city has hired 100 young New Yorkers to help clean up trash on surrounding streets and storm drains that end up in the ocean.

“We remind people to clean up their litter. And one consequence of littering is that it can get to the beaches,” New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland told Miller. ”People don’t think about it and they think that it’s a harmless activity. Of course, it makes the street look bad but also can end up on the beach where they spend their weekends.”

And even though superstorm Sandy hit almost nine months ago there’s still a lot of work to be done.