City crews and volunteers cleaned up piles of garbage at Brackenridge Park and other San Antonio parks where camping was allowed Easter weekend.
H-E-B will give out free reusable bags on Tuesday in celebration of Earth Day, the company announced in a news release.1 hour agoNew IKEA store coming to South Texas this fallSpring into savings for your home and lifestyle with these Insider DealsA lightweight stick vacuum plus accessories and wall mount for just $70– The memories of Easter 2025 may linger for many, but the mess from Easter weekend camping in San Antonio’s parks has been cleared away.
Crews with the City of San Antonio’s Parks and Recreation department, along with dozens of volunteers, tackled mounds of trash early Monday morning.City workers in Brackenridge Park were seen hauling away large bags of garbage, as well as stray pieces of furniture and tents from the makeshift campsites.“If you see any needles or any drug paraphernalia, don’t touch it,’ said Erin Quintanilla. “If you need anything, I’ll be right here.” Quintanilla is part of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy, the nonprofit agency that coordinated the volunteer effort known as the “Cascarone Cleanup.” She said the volunteers focused on the smaller details, items the city crews may not have been able to pick up right away. “Something that could be choked on, something that could go unseen and float into our rivers, and it can become toxic for the animals,” Quintanilla said. “ will do a sweep later in the week where they’ll be picking up individual trash, but we don’t want it to have to sit for that long.” Emily Hogue understood the assignment right away. This was her second year as a volunteer to clean up the park. “Some of the confetti, we’re able to leave. It’s biodegradable, the paper, as well as the eggshells,” Hogue explained. “But any of the little plastic Easter grass that tends to be in the Easter baskets, water bottles, candy wrappers.”However, she also realized the purpose it serves in protecting the environment.“Everything in this park that goes into the water, it goes downstream,” Quintanilla said. “And it affects everyone else.”Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.Spring into savings for your home and lifestyle with these Insider DealsA lightweight stick vacuum plus accessories and wall mount for just $70
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