Yosemite Facelift Removed 16,429 Pounds of Trash

The stats from Facelift 2019 are in and the five-day effort bagged a lot of trash. Exactly 16,429 pounds of trash was collected and 80 per cent recycled.

More than 15,800 volunteer hours were logged by more than 3,100 volunteers over five days. “Congratulations and thanks you to all the wonderful volunteers who participated,” said the organizers. To see more about Facelift 2019, check out our newsletter, which you can subscribe to at subscribe@yosemiteclimbing.org.

Watch the daily presentations at the 2019 Facelift below.

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You find all sorts of stuff out on the trails of Yosemite National Park. Micro trash might be the most annoying to pick up, but it is some of the most harmful to our environment! Thanks for picking up trash today for Facelift day 2! Posted @withrepost • @chrisbenchetler Trash dome. Down here helping clean up the valley with @clifbar for the Face Lift -» Yosemite Valley • #yosemitefacelift #makeitgood

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Facelift 2019

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