Philly Spring Cleanup: Volunteers aim to make the city green, safe, and clean at annual event

“We try to make it so that you can do a little or a lot,” said one organizer. “If you have 15 minutes … if you have three hours, we'll take it all.”

More than 500 people joined ACHIEVEability to help with the beautification effort to promote civic pride.

Volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group removed over 175,000 items from the state's coastline last year, including pineapples, tires and leg hair remover.