Tennessee

 
Algood
 
Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event /
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: March 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Classroom events to promote recycling during a unit on sustainability.
Website:
Contact:
Cindy Lewis
Showalter Middle School
 
Athens
 
Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / ARD Display / Buy Recycled Shopping Spree / Pledge Drive
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 3 – December 15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Keep McMinn Beautiful


Bristol
 
Recycling Collection Event / Awareness Event/ Educational Workshop
Location: Area Schools. Contact below for details.
Date: November 10-13, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Keep Bristol Beautiful
 
 
Celina
 
Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest / Recycling Contest / Awareness Event
Location: Area schools and local businesses. Contact below for details.
Date: November 9-15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Clay County Sanitation Department


Chattanooga
 
ARD Awareness Event/ Display / Recycling Collection Event/ Poster Contest
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
 
Contact:
Scenic Cities Beautiful Commission
 
 
Cleveland
 
Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive
Location: Area schools. Contact below for details
Date: November 1-15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Cleveland/Bradley Beautiful
 
 
Clifton
 
Educational Workshop / Awareness Event / ARD Display / Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Chris Wicks
Chamber of Commerce
Clinton
 
Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Dennis Kitts
5R Processors

Columbia

Awareness Event / Youth and School Educational Event
Location: Events held at 21 local schools throughout Columbia.  Contact below for details.
Date: November 15-22, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: ARD posters will be promoted in schools around the area.  The poster for each school will have information on its recycling amounts, money earned, and county ranking from the previous quarter.  The schools will be challenged to increase the amount recycled, money earned, and their county ranking in the second quarter through methods established during the ARD recycling week.

Website:

Contact:

Cynthia Rohrbach
TN Dept of Environment and Conservation 
 
 
Cookeville

Recycling Collection Event 
Location: Location 1: TDEC Nashville Environmental Field Office, 711 R.S., Gass Blvd., Nashville, TN. Location 2: TDEC Cookeville Environmental Field Office, 1221 South Willow Ave, Cookeville, TN. 
Date: November 9-13, 2009 and November 16-20, 2009. (office closed on November 11)
Time: 8 AM - 4:30 PM.
Event Description
The TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host shoe collection drives to support "Sole4Souls" a Nasheville-based charile [501(c)3 organization] that facilitates the donation of shoes to those in need worldwide.  TDEC will provide "Soles4Souls" shoe collection stations at our regional field offices in Nashville and Cookeville, TN, for a two week period beginning November 9th through November 20th, 2009.  TDEC staff, state employees in other nearby offices, as well as the general public in the surrounding communities are invited to participate.  This event is being held in conjunction with America Recycles Day (November 15) as a way to both promote recycling awareness, as well as to support a worthy charitable cause.  By donating their gently worn shoes, citizens can make a real different in the lives of people in need, and at the same time participate in an activity that benefits our environment and promotes the reuse and conservation of natural resources.
Website:
Contact:
Charles Jobe
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 
 
Cowan
 
Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Tracey Mitchell
WZYX RADIO

Cumberland Furnace

Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Youth/School Education
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Heather Dile
Vanleer Elementary PTO


Fayetteville

Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event /Educational Workshop / ARD Awareness Event(s) / Buy Recycled Shopping Spree
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 21-22, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Partnering with a local document destruction company to enlist schools to increase recycling of paper, plastic milk jugs and steel food cans.  
Website:
 
Contact:                                                                               
Keep Fayetteville/Lincoln County Beautiful, Inc.


Franklin
 
Recycling Collection & Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details
Date: Contact below for details
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Keep Williamson Beautiful


Harriman
 
Recycling Contest / Poster Contest / Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
 
Contact:
Roane County Parks and Rec

Henderson
 
Education Workshop / Awareness Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
We plan to host a breakfast for our community leaders so we can discuss recycling in our area.  Our Solid Waste Director will speak and answer questions.
Website:

Contact:
Russell Epperson
Chester County TN

Jamestown
 
Educational Workshop / Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest
Location: Allardt School. Contact below for details.
Date: November 1-16, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
A Plastics Recycling Collection Day at Allardt School; A "Senior Recycles Event" where seniors bring all types of recycled and reused items.  We are having our annual "Aluminum Can Drive" run from November 1 - November 16.  Students from all over the county from 5 schools collect aluminum cans to see who can collect the most.
Website:
 
Contact:
Faye Dalton
Fentress County Solid Waste D
 
Johnson City 
 
Educational Workshop / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
 
Contact:
Eva Hunter
Keep Johnson City Beautiful
 
 
Knoxville
 
Recycling Contest / Collection Event / Pledge Drive /Youth Educational Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November  2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:
 Contact below for details.
Website:
 
Contact:                                                                               

Keep Knoxville Beautiful


Lawrenceburg

Youth Education Event
Location: Multiple elementary schools in Lawrence County.
Date: the week of November 15, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:  TEAM GREEN will host a "Recycled Art" show for various elementary schools in the area.
Website:

Contact: Caitlyn Shelton
TEAM GREEN

Awareness Event/ Youth Education Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:  Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Michele Tankersley
Lawrence County

Lewisburg

Awareness Event / Pledge Drive / Youth/School Education
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 9 - 11, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:  Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Barb Woods
Lewisburg Curbside Recycle Comm/Marshall County 3 Star Beautification


Lynchburg

ARD Awareness Events
Location: Multiple elementary schools in Moore Co.
Date: TBD
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description:  Contact below for details.
Website:
 
Contact:                                                                               
Moore Co. Recycling Program


Madisonville
 
School Recycling Challenge / Mercury Thermometer Trade-In Event
Location: 20 area schools. Contact below for details.
Date: November 1-30, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: 
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Keep Monroe County Beautiful
 
 
Maryville
 
Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive / Buy Recycled Shopping Spree / ARD Display
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 7, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Keep Blount Beautiful
 
 
McMinnville
 
ARD Display/Booth / Youth/School Education Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: 
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Mary Lou Ward
Warren County Litter

Memphis
 
Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest / Pledge Drive
Location: Rideway Highschool's Green Club. Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Felecia Loften
Ridgeway Highschool's Green Club
 
ARD Display / Recycling Collection Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 10, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Further introduce recycling to the campus and to the community.
Website:

Contact:
Amelia Mayahi
University of Memphis Recycle Committee
Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest / Pledge Drive
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 13-14, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Karen Birkenstock
5R Processors, Ltd.

Recycling Contest
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.  Flyers will be sent to area schools promoting America Recycles Day.  A Call for entries for a recycling contest will be included.  Prizes will be given in High School, Middle School and Elementary School categories.
Website:
Contact:
Cyndy Grivich Tucker
Memphis City Beautiful


Educational Workshop/ Awareness Event 
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Cyndy Grivich Tucker
Memphis City Beautiful
 
 
Murfreesboro
 
Recycling Collection Event 
Location: 4765 Florence Road, Morfreesboro.
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009.
Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
Event Description
Rutherford County Household Hazardous Waste Collection.
Website: For complete listing of details, visit www.rutherfordcountytn.gov and click on the "Flyer" under "Public Notices."

Contact:
Mimi Davis Keisling or call 615.542.4633.
Rutherford County Government
 
Recycling Collection Event / Other
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Saturday, November 9-20, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
The TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host shoe collection drives to support "Sole4Souls" a Nasheville-based charile [501(c)3 organization] that facilitates the donation of shoes to those in need worldwide.  TDEC will provide "Soles4Souls" shoe collection stations at our regional field offices in Nashville and Cookeville, TN, for a two week period beginning November 9th through November 20th, 2009.  TDEC staff, state employees in other nearby offices, as well as the general public in the surrounding communities are invited to participate.  This event is being held in conjunction with America Recycles Day (November 15) as a way to both promote recycling awareness, as well as to support a worthy charitable cause.  By donating their gently worn shoes, citizens can make a real different in the lives of people in need, and at the same time participate in an activity that benefits our environment and promotes the reuse and conservation of natural resources.
Website:

Contact:
Charles Jobe
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation



 
Nashville
 
Recycling Collection Event 
Location: Location 1: TDEC Nashville Environmental Field Office, 711 R.S., Gass Blvd., Nashville, TN. Location 2: TDEC Cookeville Environmental Field Office, 1221 South Willow Ave, Cookeville, TN. 
Date: November 9-13, 2009 and November 16-20, 2009. (office closed on November 11)
Time: 8 AM - 4:30 PM.
Event Description
The TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host shoe collection drives to support "Sole4Souls" a Nasheville-based charile [501(c)3 organization] that facilitates the donation of shoes to those in need worldwide.  TDEC will provide "Soles4Souls" shoe collection stations at our regional field offices in Nashville and Cookeville, TN, for a two week period beginning November 9th through November 20th, 2009.  TDEC staff, state employees in other nearby offices, as well as the general public in the surrounding communities are invited to participate.  This event is being held in conjunction with America Recycles Day (November 15) as a way to both promote recycling awareness, as well as to support a worthy charitable cause.  By donating their gently worn shoes, citizens can make a real different in the lives of people in need, and at the same time participate in an activity that benefits our environment and promotes the reuse and conservation of natural resources.
Website:
Contact:
Charles Jobe
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Education Workshop / ARD Display / Awareness Event / Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive / Youth/School Education Event 
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Jeffrey Ezell
Metro Beautification and Environment Commission 

Oak Ridge
 
Other  
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 16, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description

Website:

Contact:
Ruby Miller
Keep Anderson County Beautiful, Inc.


Paris
 
Awareness Event/Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Poster Contest / Youth/School Education  
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 16 - 20, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Working with Henry County Schools and Henry County Litter Program to get kids involved in recycling.  Three schools will compete against each other for most recycable items collected.  Advertise within schools, newspapers and websites to grow awareness out of recycling and contests.
Website:
Contact:
Ronald Watkins
Henry County Recycling

Pigeon Forge
 
Recycling Contest / Recycling Collection Event / Pledge Drive 
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Lisa Tuck
AL&R
 
Pikeville
 
Educational Workshop/ Awareness Event 
Location: Wheeler Elementary School.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Dorthy Fonville
Wheeler Elementary

Rhea County

Recycling Collection Event / Youth and School Educational Event
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: November 9-13, 2009
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: Contact below for details.
Website:

Contact:
Anita Crittenden
Rhea Economic & Tourism Council

 
Waverly
 
Recycling Collection Event / School Education Event 
Location: Waverly Jr. High School. Contact below for details. 
Date: November 9-21, 2009.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Anji Simpson
The Environmental Club / Waverly Jr. High
Recycling Collection Event / School Education Event 
Location: Waverly Elementary School. Contact below for details. 
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Phalby Walker
Waverly Elementary
 
Winchester
 
Recycling Collection Event / Educational Workshop / ARD Display
Location: Contact below for details.
Date: Contact below for details.
Time: Contact below for details.
Event Description: 
Contact below for details.
Website:
Contact:
Interlocal Solid Waste Authority

 

 

 


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