COCOA BEACH, Fla. - The organization, Keep Brevard Beautiful says it is collecting about five times more garbage at Cocoa Beach than before beaches shut down due to coronavirus fears.
Those with the organization are now asking people to clean up after themselves and take their trash home with them if they can.
Keep Brevard Beautiful says there has been a huge increase in trash left behind in the sand, and cans are overflowing. This past weekend, organizers say they picked up about 12,000 pounds of trash. "We have several dumpsters that were actually overflowing by Sunday to where we couldn’t fit anything else in them," said Executive Director of Keep Brevard Beautiful Bryan Bobbitt. "A lot of it is people have been cooped up in their
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