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Every year the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) spends $1 million dollars in litter clean up along rivers, streams and lakes.  While there are few people statistically who litter in Missouri, there are still some who do, making littering a lingering problem for the state.

Quite often, trash bags are one of the last things we think to pack for our annual float trips.  In fact, sometimes we forget to bring them at all.  Or, we make our best effort to collect our trash throughout the day, but then our canoe tips over and our trash scatters all over the river out of arm’s reach.

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