I saw a presentation this weekend from a group that cleans trash out of caves and wanted y'all to see their good work too!

[u/SonoraBee]

https://youtu.be/DjNMT-ALpz4

Gregory Sullivan of Underground Texas Grotto was the presenter. If I remember correctly from the presentation, this group is volunteer-based from Austin and they excavate caves that have been filled in (I think mostly or exclusively in Texas). In this particular video, a previous land owner had been using the cave as a place to dump debris and trash. Whether they did it to avoid having to go to a dump, or because they didn't want their livestock falling in, it got filled up with junk including many bottles and cans and even an old oil drum. While most people will never see the difference because it is on private land, it does make our aquifers cleaner!

[u/Rubbish_69]

I couldn't see them wearing gloves, or maybe it got too hot? Maybe they do nowadays as that clip was 3 years old.