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CAMPBELL, ANDERSON, UNION, GRAINGER & CLAIBORNE COUNTY By Molly Gilbert
Volunteers Extend PW Departments
When it comes to litter control and What is your community
solid waste cleanup efforts, often the doing to stop illegal
tasks on the horizon seem impossible to dumping?
accomplish with limited resources and
personnel. However with the support of • Sign Posting
fellow county employees and volunteers,
the public benefits from a more scenic • Additional Patrols
community.
• Offering a
Campbell County has never looked so Convenience Center
good, and it is because of one man and
literally boatloads of volunteers. This man • Curbside Pick-up
was willing to talk with his neighbors and
has created a cultural paradigm shift in his • Fines for Illegal
community. With over 10 years of experi- Dumping
ence of digging through trash in illegal
dumping sites, Campbell County Sher- • Volunteer Cleanup
riff ’s Department Officer Glennis Monday Events
is an expert on how to clean up a county
one trash heap at a time. Officer Glennis Monday tackles one route at a time
knowing that he is making a difference.
“He is always willing to talk about
Campbell County’s Litter Program and Norris Lake is one of the cleanest in the nation. It stays that way with help from volunteers who have
the good things we are doing to keep our picked up 15 tons of trash since 2011.
community clean and litter free,” said
Olivia Robbins, Business Development Beautiful. The Great American Cleanup the Great American Cleanup is a shining
Specialist and Litter Control Coordinator is the country’s largest community example of how lasting, positive change
for the Campbell County Mayor’s Office. improvement program, kicking off each happens when people work together,” said
“You will not find a more dedicated Envi- spring in more than 20,000 communities Jennifer M. Jehn, president and CEO of
ronmental Officer for Litter Control. He’s nationwide with more than 40,000 events Keep America Beautiful.
one of the hardest working individuals scheduled throughout 2015. Each year,
that I’ve ever met, and I could not sing his more than 600 Keep America Beautiful The cleanup area for this event in
praise enough!” affiliates and four million volunteers and Campbell County encompassed 3 miles
participants across the country take action of the Clinch River Watershed along Big
Officer Monday tackles one route at a in their local communities to create a last- Creek in LaFollette and the Ray Wilson
time with a positive attitude knowing that ing impact. public boat launch in Jacksboro. Thirty-
he is making a difference. Officer Monday two volunteers picked up 142 bags of
often speaks to groups of all ages. When “Keep America Beautiful believes trash, totaling 5,680 lbs. of litter (2.84
speaking to the East Tennessee Regional that people and places are profoundly tons). Miscellaneous items collected
Leadership Association Class, he said he interconnected. Whether you live in a included 22 tires, three mattresses, one
found that the most effective way to stop big city, a suburb or a small rural town, weed eater motor, four needles, and even a
illegal dumping was to open up the bags
of trash and sort through it. He would
find all the evidence he needed on letters
and magazines so he would take the bag of
trash to the resident as a warning and say
where he found it and that it cannot hap-
pen anymore. Next time there’s a fine. He
told the group that it was such a prolific
problem when he started that sometimes
he was talking to someone he knew. After
so many years of picking up trash, Officer
Monday is glad that he doesn’t collect as
much as he used to – it’s getting better
every day.
In March, Campbell County partici-
pated in the 17th Annual Great American
Cleanup sponsored by Keep America
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Volunteers Extend PW Departments
When it comes to litter control and What is your community
solid waste cleanup efforts, often the doing to stop illegal
tasks on the horizon seem impossible to dumping?
accomplish with limited resources and
personnel. However with the support of • Sign Posting
fellow county employees and volunteers,
the public benefits from a more scenic • Additional Patrols
community.
• Offering a
Campbell County has never looked so Convenience Center
good, and it is because of one man and
literally boatloads of volunteers. This man • Curbside Pick-up
was willing to talk with his neighbors and
has created a cultural paradigm shift in his • Fines for Illegal
community. With over 10 years of experi- Dumping
ence of digging through trash in illegal
dumping sites, Campbell County Sher- • Volunteer Cleanup
riff ’s Department Officer Glennis Monday Events
is an expert on how to clean up a county
one trash heap at a time. Officer Glennis Monday tackles one route at a time
knowing that he is making a difference.
“He is always willing to talk about
Campbell County’s Litter Program and Norris Lake is one of the cleanest in the nation. It stays that way with help from volunteers who have
the good things we are doing to keep our picked up 15 tons of trash since 2011.
community clean and litter free,” said
Olivia Robbins, Business Development Beautiful. The Great American Cleanup the Great American Cleanup is a shining
Specialist and Litter Control Coordinator is the country’s largest community example of how lasting, positive change
for the Campbell County Mayor’s Office. improvement program, kicking off each happens when people work together,” said
“You will not find a more dedicated Envi- spring in more than 20,000 communities Jennifer M. Jehn, president and CEO of
ronmental Officer for Litter Control. He’s nationwide with more than 40,000 events Keep America Beautiful.
one of the hardest working individuals scheduled throughout 2015. Each year,
that I’ve ever met, and I could not sing his more than 600 Keep America Beautiful The cleanup area for this event in
praise enough!” affiliates and four million volunteers and Campbell County encompassed 3 miles
participants across the country take action of the Clinch River Watershed along Big
Officer Monday tackles one route at a in their local communities to create a last- Creek in LaFollette and the Ray Wilson
time with a positive attitude knowing that ing impact. public boat launch in Jacksboro. Thirty-
he is making a difference. Officer Monday two volunteers picked up 142 bags of
often speaks to groups of all ages. When “Keep America Beautiful believes trash, totaling 5,680 lbs. of litter (2.84
speaking to the East Tennessee Regional that people and places are profoundly tons). Miscellaneous items collected
Leadership Association Class, he said he interconnected. Whether you live in a included 22 tires, three mattresses, one
found that the most effective way to stop big city, a suburb or a small rural town, weed eater motor, four needles, and even a
illegal dumping was to open up the bags
of trash and sort through it. He would
find all the evidence he needed on letters
and magazines so he would take the bag of
trash to the resident as a warning and say
where he found it and that it cannot hap-
pen anymore. Next time there’s a fine. He
told the group that it was such a prolific
problem when he started that sometimes
he was talking to someone he knew. After
so many years of picking up trash, Officer
Monday is glad that he doesn’t collect as
much as he used to – it’s getting better
every day.
In March, Campbell County partici-
pated in the 17th Annual Great American
Cleanup sponsored by Keep America
16 TPW November/December 2015
