Starting Jan. 1, the District will levy on shoppers a 5-cent fee on disposable plastic bags. The money raised will help pay for the cleanup of the Anacostia River, where some of the bags end up. Richard Walls helps pick up those bags and some 120 tons of trash each month on a skimmer boat for the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority.
Where does the boat go?
It goes on the Anacostia River, the Washington Channel and the Potomac down to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and up to Key Bridge.
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