Cocoa Beach police say day-trippers are visiting the reopened beach and leaving behind thousands of bags of trash. "This will not be tolerated."
As coronavirus restrictions begin to ease, people and their trash have been inundating Brevard's beaches.
“Our community works very hard to be stewards of environmental sustainability. If I need to reallocate critical resources during our peak season to combat litterers, we are no longer asking our visitors to comply with our litter laws, we expect it, and there will be consequences for offenders,” said Chief Scott Rosenfeld in a statement.
According to KBB deputy director Bryan Bobbitt, last weekend saw a heavy influx of trash on the beaches. That overshadows an average of fewer than 10 bags for a given day while beach access was restricted due to coronavirus. “Normally there is an uptick but what we’ve seen this past weekend is way above normal," Bobbitt said."It’s equivalent to Fourth of July and Memorial Day weekend.”
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