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The Town of Tarboro will receive the next trash trap in Sound Rivers’ ever-expanding Litter-Free Rivers program.

In a unanimous approval of a memorandum of understanding, the Tarboro town council voted to install a trash trap on a Tar River tributary on Monday night. Sound Rivers Executive Director Heather Deck was on hand for the approval and answer any questions from the council about the passive litter-collection device.

The Tarboro trash trap will be the sixth trap Sound Rivers has installed on small, urban waterways throughout the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. Trash traps are currently located on Jack’s Creek in Washington, Duffyfield Canal in New Bern, Little Rock Creek on the grounds of the Walnut Creek Wetland Center in Raleigh, Adkin Branch in Kinston and Greens Mill Run in Greenville.

More than 2 tons of trash have been removed from these waterways since the first trap was installed on Jack’s Creek in May of 2022.

A plan is currently in the works to install the trash trap in September on East Tarboro Canal, near the Ray Recreation Center. Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant is sponsoring the newest trash trap in Sound Rivers’ Litter-Free Rivers program.

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