Twice a month, a group of ladies doesn't just talk trash, they do something about the problem.

Sharon Noll has sold real estate in Brevard County for years. But her work away from selling homes takes her to a different plot of land.

A land, unfortunately, filled with all kinds of trash. The area of the Indian River Lagoon, right along the banks of the Indian and Banana rivers spans the four-mile-long Pineda Causeway.

"What we are trying to do is capture everything before it becomes a problem, so 'proactive' is actually our word," Noll said.

Noll is president of Pineda Waterway Warriors, a small volunteer team focusing on picking up pollution left behind by people who litter or toss out their garbage here; trash that could find its way into the struggling lagoon.

There are beer cans and bottles, but worse, used syringes that the warriors have to put in protective containers.

Old fire pits have burned out pallets, leaving nails behind.

The group put out trash cans trying to encourage people to dump their trash, but they are being set on fire.

Many times they have to get in the water to remove old pallets. Some of them are stuck in the trees.

And other things you'd never think you'll find, like computer monitors.

Or knives. 

And clothes.

Noll encourages anyone to join them on a cleanup.

"Come join us for an hour," she says. "It's been less than an hour, and look at what we've done. I promise you won't have to get in the water!

Noll and her tiny team have collected 12 tons of trash in this area over the past year and a half.

"I'd love them to understand the value of what we're doing," says Noll.

The group is partnering with FDOT and leaves all the trash they collect at the Adopt A Mile marker bearing the Waterway Warrior's name.

"I could not be more proud of the team, they are amazing women and I'm extremely blessed to be part of the group," she says.

For caring so much about the environment, that's why Noll and her group are this week's Everyday Hero.