BOYNTON BEACH, FL-- You may have noticed more trash on the beach lately.
Stephanie Bussinger, a Boynton Beach resident says, "Recently coming down I thought it was a lot more plastic bottles."
And with strong onshore winds…almost anything can blow in.
Now, the departments involved in picking up this trash are facing budget cuts.
The Town of Palm Beach has already scaled back on how much ground it covers, and Palm Beach County may reduce or even eliminate the trash pickup altogether.
That's where you and volunteer organizations like the 'Sand Sifters' come in.
Gary Solomon of Sand Sifters says, "Our group comes out monthly the first Saturday of every month in Boynton Beach, we come out every Monday after the weekend also…to pick up the trash."
Groups like the Sand Sifters help supplement the work cities and counties do.
Solomon says, "We save hundreds of thousands of dollars for the county and cities…with the budget cuts that are going out now I believe that the county and the cities are looking for more volunteers to come out."
For beach lovers like Stephanie, all it takes is a little effort.
"If everybody does there part, throwing away trash, we could actually make this place a little bit better….it's a great place…I love it…it's definitely my how and I'm proud to be a part of it." Bussinger adds.
If you want to do your part, the Sand Sifters is having a beach cleanup this Saturday in Boynton Beach.
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