KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation is encouraging residents to take part in cleanup events throughout the state this month.
To this point greater than eight tons (7.2 metric tons) of trash has been collected within the department’s No Trash November initiative.
The University of Tennessee is teaming up with the department’s No one Trashes Tennessee campaign for a cleanup event Tuesday morning. Participants will meet on the Torchbearer statue on the Knoxville campus where they are going to receive cleanup supplies and safety instruction.
“The natural beauty throughout the state of Tennessee and our campus is incredible. It’s something that our alumni, fans and students should, and do, take great pride in,” Tennessee athletic director Danny White said in a press release. “It’s a priority for us to do our part in keeping our community clean.”
The department said last 12 months’s inaugural campaign included greater than 1,000 volunteers who collected greater than 23 tons (20.9 metric tons) of litter from the state’s roadways.
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