it s quite a feat. they ve retrieved over 1,000 refrigerators, 70,000 tires and deprefibris filling 92,000 tras bags. not the prettiest sight, but to me, it looks like a cleaner river. it s also where chad lives with his nine-person crew for weeks at a time. the house barge. custom built in 2011, it s a big upgrade from their old quarters. the other barge didn t have air conditioning. it was one bathroom. so you had ten people and you stand in line waiting to get in, in the morning. the new barge is bigger, runs on solar. the only one like it on the river that i know of. so welcome to cnn cribs. this is our kitchen. where most of us hang out. place is getting along. living with the team most of the time is awesome.
it s yours. it s totally yours. little by little, we re getting it. people want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i ve removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we ve brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let s give it up! yeah! it s about a cleaner river and about making america a better place. sounds cliche, but that s exactly what we re doing. [ applause ] please join me in honoring the river s garbageman, cnn hero chad pregracke. [ applause ] thank you.
people want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i ve removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we ve brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let s give it up! yeah! it s about a cleaner river and about making america a better place. sounds cliche, but that s exactly what we re doing. [ applause ] please join me in honoring the river s garbageman, cnn hero chad pregracke. [ applause ] thank you. yeah.
super hot. it s a good workout. this is hard, back-breaking work. you want to make it fun out there. i didn t think i d be singing karaoke on a boat. at the end of the day, you re out there picking up garbage. it s yours. it s totally yours. little by little, we re getting it. people want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i ve removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we ve brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let s give it up! yeah! it s about a cleaner river and about making america a better place. sounds cliche, but that s exactly what we re doing. [ applause ] please join me in honoring the river s garbageman, cnn hero chad pregracke. [ applause ] thank you.
work. you want to make it fun out there. i didn t think i d be singing karaoke on a boat. at the end of the day, you re out there picking up garbage. it s yours. it s totally yours. little by little, we re getting it. people want to have fun. and people want to make a difference. i ve removed over seven million pounds of garbage since we started. close to 90% of everything we ve brought in is recyclable. this is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. that was the last bag! come on, let s give it up! yeah! it s about a cleaner river and about making america a better place. sounds cliche, but that s exactly what we re doing. [ applause ] please join me in honoring the river s garbageman, cnn hero chad pregracke.