_{Photo: David Rodriguez Muñoz, Detroit Free Press}

As other pedestrians passed by all the pieces of trash around them, this human-sized squirrel made it a point not to avoid a single piece of trash during her pickup route. […] The human-sized squirrel, with her bright-colored cheeks and small brown ears, is none other than Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey, 40 [program manager, Community Arts Partnerships office, College for Creative Studies].

Blasey, known affectionately as “Trash Squirrel,” scours the streets for everything from discarded doorknobs and plastic bottles to small candy wrappers and even car brake pads.

On each outing, Blasey picks up two to three trash bags full of debris. Even the tiniest piece of trash doesn’t stand a chance against her mighty litter picker.

_{Photo: David Rodriguez Muñoz, Detroit Free Press}

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