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Darke
County Solid Waste District
Help
Darke County Clean-Up!!
Do
you
want to help Darke County look it’s best?
Join the Darke County Solid Waste District in
our sixth annual Darke
County “Trash Bash” Community Clean-up Day on Saturday, April 20
& 21,
2013. By
participating, you help create
a good impression on prospective employers, professionals, and others
who visit
our “clean” county.
According
to a 2000 Yankelovich study, almost half of all Americans (48%) admit
to having
littered in the past 10 years and it shows on many of our roads, parks,
neighborhoods and work sites. Where
there is litter, people do not feel safe.
Everyone deserves to live in a community that
is healthy, safe, clean
and beautiful, and we all have a role to play in achieving this goal. Through your volunteer
efforts, clean-up will
be focused on approximately 400 miles of Darke County’s most traveled
county
and township roads. These
roads were
chosen with the help of Darke County Engineer, James Surber and County
Highway
Garage Superintendent, Shane Coby.
How
can you participate? The
Darke County
Community Clean-Up day is scheduled for April 20 & 21, 2013,
rain or
shine. The
collection is set to begin at
8:00 a.m. The
district is looking for
numerous groups of 4 to “pound the pavement” at their assigned 2-mile
locations
picking-up bags of trash and recyclables.
Clean-up groups can be started with friends
from school, work, church,
and volunteer organizations or clubs and there’s no age limit for
volunteers. Call
the district at
937-547-0827 to register your clean-up group or to offer in-kind
support. Sign-up
forms can also be found on the
district’s website: www.co.darke.oh.us/solidwaste ,
click on the recycling events
tab. Forms must be
turned in by March
15, 2013.
Each
group will be given black bags for trash and clear bags for recyclables. For separating the
recyclables from the
trash, each group will be awarded $40.00 for participating. Awards will be given to
Darke County
non-profit organizations only. There
is
no limit to the number of groups that an organization can enter. County highway
employees will follow
assigned routes and will pick-up bags left on the targeted collection
roads on
April 22, 2013.
So,
Darke County, Let’s Clean-Up!!
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