Trash into cash: Indianapolis 500 cleanup offers odd finds, fundraising opportunity

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It’s the Monday after the Indy500, and it’s time to take care of the trash. Read the story: See more photos from GraceHollars:

) cover the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – waves of waste as far as the eye can see left in the wake of the pandemonium of the previous day.That task falls largely on groups of volunteers from schools, sports teams, churches and other organizations. The groups, which rally early each Memorial Day to clean the discarded items left each year by the more than 300,000 fans, often use the cleanup as a fundraising opportunity, a stipend from the IMS that helps fuel their programs.

With no owner to explain or offer context , the trash tells a story on its own. Identical bottles and cans – a duo of Mountain Dews, a foursome of Fireball shooters, a collection of Coronas – nod to the camaraderie of race attendees. Smaller purchases aren’t the only ones that go to waste: Volunteer James Williams has discarded new tents, barbecue grills and full coolers from the stands, the Snake Pit and more in his four years on cleanup duty.

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