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logboy1/23/2009 4:53:24 pm PST

One-hundred tons of trash were collected by city and federal sanitation workers after President Obama’s Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, D.C.

The scene looked more like the leftovers of a massive college frat party.

Heaps of plastic bottles, food wrappers, soda cans, and newspapers, which blanketed the National Mall Wednesday morning, were a stark contrast to the stateliness and splendor of President Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremony a day before.

One hundred tons of trash were collected by city and federal sanitation workers, according to Department of Public Works public information officer Linda Grant.

In comparison, 40 tons of garbage were collected in New York City’s Time Square on New Year’s Day 2009 — after one million people attended the celebration — according to the city’s Department of Sanitation.