Dozens of Old Dominion University student volunteers spent Sunday morning cleaning up one of Norfolk’s most heavily used boat ramps.
Between 35 and 40 volunteers with Save the Earth from A to Z, or ASEZ, picked up trash at the Haven Creek Boat Ramp, a location organizers call a natural collection point. The effort aims to stop litter before it reaches the Lafayette River, where pollution has threatened the water for decades.
“So today we’re doing a road cleanup. So it’s actually part of our Blue Carbon ecosystem protection initiative. So what we’re doing today is we’re helping pick up litter, plastic, pretty much all these things that can go into the water systems around us,” John Milby said…