Come and enjoy San Diego’s beautiful parks. Just don’t leave your trash behind.
That’s a message from one local resident after plastic eggs, candy, clothes, broken bottles, diapers and even a grill were discarded at Mission Bay after Sunday’s Easter holiday.
“It really looks trashy and not so good about our face in San Diego,” said Pat Holmes.
City parks and recreation crews were out early Monday morning, cleaning the trash left along the bay – an all-too-common sight during holidays.
Even those who do clean up after themselves quickly fill up the nearby trash cans.
City workers recommend park visitors bring their own trash bags. Still, there’s not much that can be done, as people and birds often rummage through the trash cans or the wind blows the refuse across parking lots and sometimes into the ocean.
“Especially on days like today, putting trash bags near the trash can just isn’t good enough,” Holmes said.
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