Trash in Yosemite got inspected this fall. These are the most common — and weirdest — items found

Trash in Yosemite got inspected this fall. These are the most common — and weirdest — items found

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1. But at Yosemite, it had an ace in the hole: the annual Facelift trash cleanup event, put on by the Yosemite Climbing Association, which draws thousands of volunteers to Yosemite for a five-day event each fall.

2. New data provides the clearest picture to date of the thousands of pounds of litter left in Yosemite National Park each year — valuable information advocates hope can help persuade federal lawmakers to ban the sale of single-use plastics across the entire national park system.

3. Tracy Barbutes, Freelance / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less3of4A Yosemite park ranger and volunteers try to remove graffiti on a boulder along the Yosemite Falls trail during this year's Facelift event

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