From humble beginnings with only 10 volunteers in 1989, “La Gran Limpieza” drew 3000 volunteers over three weekends to the river’s banks and pulled approximately 25 tons of trash out of it—trash that would otherwise end up in the Pacific Ocean.
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From humble beginnings with only 10 volunteers in 1989, “La Gran Limpieza” drew 3000 volunteers over three weekends to the river’s banks and pulled approximately 25 tons of trash out of it—trash that would otherwise end up in the Pacific Ocean.
