Kicker - Transatlantic trash

NICK EICHER, HOST: We’ve all heard of messages in bottles washing up on shores an ocean away. But something quite a bit larger than a bottle turned up on Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

Keith McGreal was strolling along a beach with his family when he spotted a large blue object.

McGreal told tv station WMBF...

MCGREAL: This was like a big message in a bottle. This has come all the way across the ocean from America.

The object was a large blue trash barrel.

But how did he know it came from America?

Easy. The trash barrel bore the official seal of the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

City officials say stiff winds likely blew it into the water.

No worries. McGreal said the barrel is apparently being put to good use. It’s standing upright on the beach, and the last time he saw it, it was half full of trash.

Repurposed to its original purpose.

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