Trashbusters google 'International Cleanup Weekend'

Latex gloves protect Seth Spiel, 22, from this mysterious plastic-like wad found in an expanse of bark on the park's edge. While it was mostly easy to separate refuse from reusable materials, this finding, and two 5-foot-long metal poles carefully stashed in the tightly grown bushes, perplexed the team.

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