SPI President and CEO William R. Carteaux with a handful of debris from the beach.

In the undergrowth, SPI President and CEO William R. Carteaux goes to all lengths to get the trash.

Anne Clark, SPI Vice President of Administration, holds one of many bags collected on the beach in Miami.

SPI President and CEO William R. Carteaux and Patty Long, SPI’s vice president of industry affairs and the processors council, didn’t hesitate to wade through knee-deep water for trash.

Marcus L. Arky of Metro Group Maritime has his hands full.

SPI member Tad McGwire of Industrial Heater Corp. loads the truck.

Jackie Dalzell, SPI’s director of industry affairs and the Equipment Council, hauls bags from the beach area.

On the roadside, SPI staff and members load the pickup truck.

The group gathers at the trash pick-up point.

A discarded barbecue was one of the larger items found.

The Miami Dade County Park Service truck hauled away a few truckloads full.

SPI staff and members came and conquered, leaving the beach clean after an afternoon’s work.

SPI President and CEO William R. Carteaux and Senior Technical Director Marie Martinko crouched

in the warm Florida water.

SPI VP Patty Long proudly holds the SPI banner.

Hard work paid off, and once again, that section of Crandon Park was free of trash.

SPI member Tad McGwire of Industrial Heater Corp., hauls away a discarded frame.

Kathy Xuan, CEO of Parc Corp., has her hands full of beach debris.

The trash bags and plastic gloves were not in short supply.

Jill Brandts, SPI’s director, member relations and grassroots advocacy,

recorded the type of trash her group collected.

Jane Adams, SPI’s senior director, state government relations, arranges bags for pick up.