On April 25, household cleaning supplies company Tru Earth says it partnered with the non-profit environmental group Milwaukee Riverkeeper and 2,082 volunteers to set the Guinness World Records title for most participants in a river cleanup at multiple locations.
Saturday’s event was the 31st Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup where, according to a press release from Tru Earth, volunteers of all ages gathered at more than 120 locations along the Milwaukee River to remove litter from the river and the green spaces near it.
In all, the release notes that volunteers collected more than 100,000 pounds of trash during the cleanup…