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Aron Fujita, left, and Tina Fujita plant a pine tree in Temple Terrace during the Great American Cleanup on April 19. Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, Temple Terrace Parks & Recreation Department and TREE partnered for the event, where 32 volunteers planted 40 pines trees.

Volunteers from Wimauma unload some trash in a roll-off container at 18202 U.S. Hwy. 301 during the Great American Cleanup. Twenty-eight volunteers cleaned four miles of roadways collecting 4,480 pounds of trash. Families who lived in the area saw the cleanup and came out to help the volunteers who had pre-registered for the event.

Volunteers from Heather Lakes in Brandon pick up trash during the Great American Cleanup, coordinated by Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful. Forty-four volunteers cleaned five miles of roadway, five acres of parks, one playground/recreation area and two acres of wetlands collecting an estimated 1,200 pounds of trash.

Joe Marzilli removes some fishing line from the Apollo Beach Nature Preserve from a monofilament recycling tube during the Great American Cleanup. Marzilli along with 79 volunteers removed an estimated 500 pounds of debris during the cleanup. The fishing line will be sent off to Berkeley Recycling, where it will be made into fishing tackle boxes and freshwater fish habitats. Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful coordinates the Great American Cleanup on an annual basis as well as the Monofilament Recovery & Recycling Program.