Playgrounds in upstate New York are seeing increasingly dangerous litter, according to WRGB Albany.
A group of teen volunteers called Reality Check has been picking up cigarette butts and discarded vapes. In one clean-up, they placed more than 100 red flags in locations where they picked up such trash.
“I think the Department of Public Services does a really good job of helping clean up,” said volunteer Myla Evans, per WRGB Albany. “But obviously they can’t get to every cigarette butt that’s embedded into the ground.”…