Xstream Cleanup yields 142,566 pounds of debris
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More than 1,300 volunteers removed 142,566 pounds of debris from area waterways, illegal dumping sites and flood-ridden areas during fifth annual Xstream Cleanup on Aug. 16.
Cleanups held at 39 locations in Bettendorf, Davenport and LeClaire, Iowa; Colona, East Moline, Milan, Moline, Rock Island and Silvis, Ill., yielded 2,187 bags of trash, 2,416 tires, 36 appliances and 54 bicycles equaling 75,180 pounds of trash, 63,444 pounds of tires, 2,700 pounds of appliances and 1,242 pounds of bicycles.
Other items found were car parts, gas tanks, barrels or drums, pallets, beds, wing sets, shopping carts and picnic benches. In addition, volunteers found a pool table, boat motor, play pen, bag of shoes, wagon, portable toilet, construction barricade, ceramic lion, rotor tiller, bowling ball, 200-foot power line, ceramic head, teddy bear, bamboo lawn furniture, cash register, safe, vacuum cleaner, butterfly chair, wallet with identification and
$185 cash which was returned to its owner, half of a boat, car seat, $100 bill, plastic swimming pool and wooden ladder. View photos of several cleanups at xstreamcleanup.org.
— Times staff
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