Officials seek a trash-free Potomac

Several elected officials added their signatures to the Potomac River Watershed Trash Treaty on Thursday as part of a continuing effort to make the polluted watershed free of trash by 2013.

“This year, 39 more elected officials signed on to the Trash Treaty,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., at the second annual Potomac River Watershed Trash Summit held in Washington on Thursday. “It is important to get all elected officials … to accomplish this goal.”