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Smithfield council approves Sound Rivers trash-trap trial on Spring Branch
Summary
Sound Rivers will install a floating trash trap on Spring Branch with grant funding covering two years; council approved the request and asked staff to pick the final location.
The Town of Smithfield council voted to allow Sound Rivers to install a floating trash trap on Spring Branch after a presentation from the nonprofit's Neuse Riverkeeper.
Samantha Cropp, Neuse Riverkeeper with the nonprofit Sound Rivers, told the council the group's Litter Free Rivers program would purchase and install the device, and that a Winston Family Foundation grant would cover all costs for the first two years. "The grant covers everything for the first 2 years," Cropp said, adding that Sound Rivers would hold liability under the contract and coordinate…
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