Community rallies to clean up Teaberry Road
Published 8:11 am Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Contributed Photo Carter County Landfill Director Benny Lyons brought wiht him several 40-yard long dumpsters to use during the cleanup. Volunteers filled three of them durng their three-hour efforts.
Contributed Photo Volunteers worked for roughly three hours hauling tons of trash from the sides of the road. Though they were unable to get all of the trash due to unsafe conditions, Edward Jordan said the cleanup was a success.
Contributed Photo Edward Jordan said people are starting to take notice of the littering problem in East Tennessee, boith in their efforts ot support cleanups like Teaberry and in catching and punishing people who litter.
Keep Carter County Beautiful said its Teaberry Road cleanup this past Saturday was a success.
Chairman Edward Jordan said over 35 volunteers filled three 40-yard dumpsters worth of trash during the three hours they were on the site.
Participants began the cleanup by first going over safety procedures, as part of the road ends in dangerously steep drop-offs.
“We are so grateful that our county volunteer citizens and county officials, Commissioners [Mike] Hill, [Patty] Woodby and Ward are jumping on board to ‘Keep Carter County Beautiful,’” KCCB Chairman Edward Jordan said. “Together we can make a difference.”
Teaberry has been the recent site of several illegal garbage dumpings over the past few weeks, and has made the news in the past week over arrests made in connection to the littering.
