About 300 employees, friends, and family members came together to get dirty for the cause of a cleaner environment. Some folks had to look a little harder for trash and debris this year because their areas were still clean from last year's event. It's good to know we're making a difference that lasts. Of course there were hundreds of bottles and cans carried away from each site, but there were a few surprises, too.
Coordinators report finding television sets, car fenders and hoods, toilets, and dozens of tires.
Volunteers drug carpeting, bedsprings, and computer parts from the streambeds. Deputy to the Governor Justin Wilson attended the Nashville site at Whites Creek. The park collected a total of 15 cubic yards of trash, ten of which they recycled. The EAC's are located in Memphis, Jackson, Columbia, Nashville, Chattanooga, Cookeville, Knoxville, and Johnson City. The event was held in coordination with the 30 th anniversary of Earth Day and Governor Don Sundquist's Tennessee Looks Good to Me initiative.