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The Adkin Branch trash trap got a clean-out this week, thanks to Lee Albritton from Lincoln City Rising and Sound Rivers volunteer Stephen West.

On Wednesday, the two met up with Volunteer Coordinator Emily Fritz at the Kinston waterway to remove 70 pounds of trash collected in the passive litter-trapping device. The Adkin Branch trash trap is one of five installed on urban waterways in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watershed, part of Sound Rivers’ Litter-Free Rivers program. Others are located on Jack’s Creek in Washington, Duffyfield Canal in New Bern, Little Rock Creek in Raleigh and Greens Mill Run in Greenville.

“As usual, we saw a lot of Styrofoam and plastic,” Emily said. “This time it was lots of plastic cups.”

Since the Kinston trash trap was installed in August of 2023, nearly 300 pounds of trash have been captured and removed from the trap, preventing it from floating downstream into the Neuse River.

Would your group like to do a trash trap cleanout in Kinston, Raleigh, Greenville, Washington or New Bern? We’re happy to arrange it! Just email emily@soundrivers.org!