Earth Day cleanup crews remove tons of trash from Lady Bird Lake

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of volunteers arrived at Rowing Dock and Epic SUP this Earth Day to sweep the banks of Lady Bird Lake, and they removed just below 6,000 pounds of litter from the area.Austin FC, Kendra Scott and YETI contributed prizes for volunteers that brought in the most trash, the heaviest item and the weirdest item.Kate Aoueille, Rowing Dock's director of marketing and communications, said the cleanup originated with Rowing Dock's weekly "kayak cleanup crew," a response to a