Pick-Up-and-Walk Crew Followed Closely By Toss-Your-Cigarette-Butts

STEINBACH, MB

Every year, the community of Steinbach gathers together on a Saturday to pick up garbage and beautify the city. It’s called ‘Pick up and Walk’ and is quickly followed by an even more popular pastime of driving up and down Main Street tossing your litter out the window.

“It’s really about community,” said local litterer Dave. “There’s a sense of pride when you drive by your crushed Papsi can day after day. Emptying the ashtray from a moving vehicle is also a longstanding tradition.”

In years gone by, area litterers used to toss their empty beer cans on gravel roads throughout the area, but lately they’ve really concentrated their efforts on the City of Steinbach.

“It feels really good to come together for the cause,” said Dave, emptying an ice cream pail full of wet freshl