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Volunteers needed for Backroad Trash Bash

Pender Harbour & Egmont
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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is inviting all members of the community to participate in the seventh annual Backroad Trash Bash taking place on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s event will focus on cleaning up illegal dump sites off forest service roads in Pender Harbour and Egmont.

Since the event launched in 2012, over 45.5 tonnes of illegally dumped material has been hauled out of forests and off backroads and disposed of responsibly at the landfill. Each year, an average of 40 to 50 volunteers help clean up a different area of the Sunshine Coast. Past events were held in Halfmoon Bay to Sechelt in 2015, Roberts Creek in 2016, and Port Mellon to Elphinstone in 2017.

Sign-in begins at 11 a.m. at the Pender Harbour Lions Park, 13776 Sunshine Coast Highway, Madeira Park. Volunteers are treated to a free barbecue lunch and have a chance to win great prizes. To pre-register, email infrastructure@scrd.ca or phone 604-885-6806. For more details about the Backroad Trash Bash, visit www.scrd.ca/trashbash

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