California Reps Hand-deliver Trash from National Parks to White House

Fed up with the impacts of the partial government shutdown, two lawmakers collected the garbage from Bay Area national parks and delivered it to the White House.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

January 10, 2019

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San Francisco Bay Area lawmakers Rep. Jackie Speier and North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman hand-delivered a bin that read “Trump Trash” to the White House on January 8.

According to a CBS SF Bay Area report, the two representative and other volunteers, fed up with the impacts of the partial government shutdown, collected the garbage from national parks in the Bay Area. The lawmakers then delivered the trash to the White House before President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Tuesday.

Since the partial shutdown began, national parks across the country have been inundated with garbage and even human waste, as there are few rangers and staffers on the job to remove the filth.

CBS SF Bay Area has more details:

A pair of Bay Area lawmakers fed up with the impacts of the partial shutdown sent President Trump a special message Tuesday a few hours before his address.

Bay Area Representative Jackie Speier and North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman hand-delivered a bin that read “Trump Trash” to the White House Tuesday afternoon.

The garbage was collected by the two representatives and other volunteers over the weekend at Ocean Beach and Land’s End in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

Read the full article here.

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