Volunteers pulled thousands of pounds of trash that washed into creeks and the Chattahoochee (and got stuck in trees). Photo: Courtesy of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
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Number of pounds in shopping carts, scrap metal and other garbage pulled from metro Atlanta's most important waterway during the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's annual Sweep the Hooch.
Zoom in: More than 1,400 volunteers walked riverbanks and paddled kayaks and canoes at 67 parks, creeks and access points from the river's north Georgia headwaters to metro Columbus.
Stunning stat: Illegally dumped tires made up 5,200 pounds of the total.
