His epic trash pickup journey

Lizzy Rosenberg

埃德加·麥格雷戈花費589 天的時間在洛杉磯最受歡迎的徒步旅行的公園撿拾垃圾，并鼓勵有空閑時間的人加入這項任務。

After spending 589 days picking up litter or rubbish at one of Los Angeles County's most popular hiking spots,20?year?old Edgar McGregor says the park is clean of waste.

McGregor's journey was sparked by an Olympic dream.When he learned Los Angeles would host the 2028 Summer Games, he worried that its national forest with litter everywhere would become a“global embarrassment”and took it upon himself to start cleaning.

McGregor decided to start with Eaton Canyon, the closest of the Los Angeles Na?tional Forest Parks to where he lives.At the beginning, he thought that cleaning the park would take 10 to 20 days.However, it took 589 days.

On his largest solo cleanup day, Mc?Gregor spent 300 minutes clearing an area less than one acre in size.He filled a previ?ously empty dumpster (垃圾箱) with more than 1000 pounds of trash.He ventured out in extreme weather, including during the state's record heat wave in September,after a January snowstorm, and even while the other side of the park was actively on fire!

After months of park cleanliness, Mc?Gregor noticed several weeks ago that he was running out of locations to clean—even the spots that were usually reliable sources of litter were mostly empty.“Not worrying about litterbugs and simply im?mersing myself in this work has made me more excited than ever to go out every single day and pick up,”McGregor said.“There is nothing more satisfying than seeing brand new animals return to your park after months of cleaning up.I highly encourage anyone with any spare time to give this mission a shot.Your parks need you.”

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