Yep, relentless is the word. Some people ask me how I cope, knowing that in weeks and sometimes mere days, the trash will reaccumulate. I've had a couple people drop out because they hated knowing it would always come back.

But my thought is that whatever I can get out of the environment today, this week, this month, is trash that won't harm the environment, people, or wildlife and won't make it to waterways where that's the last anyone will ever see of it.

My sister travels a bunch around the country and always texts me the state of cities she visits. They are always, always better than Pennsylvania. Gov. Wolf rolled out a Litter Action Plan in the state November '21 and I've yet to really see any change. Gonna take a herculean effort to shift away from "trash acceptance."

Thank you for what you do in your job. So necessary!