Events_&_cleanups

Events & Cleanups

"X Marks the Spot,"
a statewide, separated litter survey

because there's treasure in our trash!

Click here for guidelines and a report form

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Since the fall of 2005, volunteers across the state have been collecting beverage-container litter separately from other litter, using 13-gallon drawstring garbage bags in order to get a consistent count by volume. If you would like to add your own results--and we need more of them, with photos!--click here to download gudelines and a report form.

Here are the numbers so far:

number of cleanups: 23
number of counties: 14
miles of road picked up: 31.99
number of volunteers: 219
total bags of litter: 637.5
bags of beverage containers only: 319.5
highest proportion of containers: 78.5%
lowest proportion of containers: 24.56%

Average proportion of beverage containers:
50.12 percent

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Please check here frequently for the latest bottle-bill-related happenings, including cleanups, presentations and legislative hearings. If you or your organization has an event to add, please call Marge Davis at (615) 758-8647 or e-mail margedavis@comcast.net.

Note: Completed events are in RED. We are leaving them in the calendar for the sake of reference and for those who may want to get in touch with event organizers.

Event	Date & time	Organizers & sponsors	Location/ directions/ notes	Contact
"X Marks the Spot" separated litter cleanups	Anytime you like!	Pride of Place	Wherever you live, work or play. For instructions and a reporting form, click here	Marge Davis, (615) 758-8647
POP Bike Ride rally, Eastern leg	Oct. 20, 2007, 9-10 a.m.	Pride of Place	Civic Plaza, Murfreesboro	Marge Davis, (615) 758-8647 (h) (615)294-2651 (c)
POP Bike Ride rally, Western leg	Oct. 6, 2007, 9-10 a.m.	Pride of Place	Legislative Plaza, Nashville	Marge Davis, (615) 758-8647 (h) (615)294-2651 (c)
POP Means Business! The Economic Impacts of a Tennessee Bottle Bill	Thursday, March 7, 2007, 7:15 pm	Overmountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited	Sunny's Cafeteria, 601 Spring St., Johnson City: corner of Spring and Cherry, just off the State of Franklin Road	(423) 926-7441 or www.omtu.org
House subcommittee hearing on the bottle bill	Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 9 am-10 am	Tennessee legislature	House Hearing Room 30, Legislative Plaza, 6th Ave. N. between Charlotte and Union. Recommended parking at 8th and Church	Marge Davis, (615) 758-8647
Hiwassee River Area Clean-up Day	March 18, 2006	US Forest Service, TVA, Trout Unlimited.	Sign up at 9 a.m. at the Gee Creek Campground. Trash bags provided. Bring gloves and wear bright colors (for safety).	USFS Hiwassee / Ocoee District, (423) 338-7049
"Why Tennessee Needs a Bottle Bill" with Dr. Marge Davis	Thursday, March 16, 2006, 6:30 pm	Chattanooga Trout Unlimited	Greenway Farm, Hixson (N on Hwy 153, R on Hamill Road, 1.5 mi to entrance)	Steve Fry, (423) 432-2210
Tellico River Area Clean-up Day	March 11, 2006, starting at 8:30 am	US Forest Service, TVA, Trout Unlimited, Southern 4WD Association, Scenic Tennessee, Chattanooga Trout Association	Sign-up at the Tellico Ranger District Office or at the Stateline Campground from 8:30-9:00 a.m. Trash bags provided. Bring gloves and wear bright colors (for safety).	USFS Tellico District, (423) 253-8400
Sierra Club meeting: Rep. Russell Johnson will discuss his proposed container deposit legislation	Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, 7 pm	Middle TN Group of the Sierra Club	Radnor Lake State Park Visitor's Center, 1160 Otter Creek Road, Nashville. (I-65 to exit 78, W on Harding, L on Granny White, L on Otter Creek)	Adelle Wood (615) 665-1010
"Why Tennessee Needs a Bottle Bill"	Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, 7 pm	Overmountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited	Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor's Center, Elizabethton. Take Hwy 321 from Johnson City. The park is on the left.	Gary Barrigar barrigargn@ earthlink.net
"Message in the Bottle(s)" photo contest reception and public viewing	Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, 2-4 pm	Scenic Tennessee, others (see photo contest page for list of sponsors)	Rechter Room, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville	Marge Davis (615) 758-8647
Wolf River Harbor Cleanup, Auction Street Bridge Boat Ramp, Memphis	Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:00am-12noon.	Chickasaw Group of the Sierra Club and the Tennessee Water Sentinels	Meet at 10 at the public boat ramp under the Auction Street bridge, just north of the Pyramid (closest major intersection is North Front Street). Trash bags, gloves provided. Afterwards, meet at Cafe Francisco.	James Baker (901) 826-2448 or tn_water_sentinel @yahoo.com
Todd Burleson Memorial Cleanup of the Doe River and tributaries	Sept. 24, 2005	Trout Unlimited, Overmountain Chapter		Bob Viers, president bviers@charter.net
"Bottle Bill Legislation and Its Effects on Litter" by Dr. Marge Davis	9:15 am, Tuesday, September 20, 2005	Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs	Paris Landing State Park	Suzy Askew, TFGC saskew01@ midsouth.rr.com
Duck River riverwide trash cleanup	Saturday, June 25, 2005, 9am to 1pm	TSRA's Duck River Opportunities Project, Duck River Agency, Shelbyville Keep America Beautiful	locations in Shelbyville, Columbia, Spring Hill, Centerville; see contacts for specifics	John McFadden (615) 374-3744 or (615) 330-5364 jmcfadden62@ bellsouth.net Gwen Blanton (615) 790-9767 HRWA@ HarpethRiver.org
Norris Lake Shoreline Cleanup & Barbecue Supper	April 30-May 1, 2005	Lee Stevens, Tennessee Lake Info	Norris Lake	info@tennessee lakeinfo.com
Annual Mill Creek Cleanup, Nashville	Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 10am	Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Mid-Cumberland Watershed Coalition, Cumberland River Compact	Meet at Ezell Park on Harding Place in Nashville (near the Sam's Club)	Craig Carrington (615) 306-0205 Rob Karwedsky (615) 594-2468
Ridgedale Community Association of Chattanooga's Great American Cleanup	Saturday, April 30, 2005, 9am to noon	Ridgedale Community Association of Chattanooga (between Highland Park and Missionary Ridge	Meet at the new pavilion on 12th Street between Watkins and Buckley	Theresa Ivey (423) 785-7858 (cell phone; please call before 11 p.m.)