Keep Greene Beautiful

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Yard of the Month: Fall Special Edition

Keep Greene Beautiful and Broyles General Store and Emporium are excited to bring three Special Editions of Yard of the Month this holiday season. The first was the Halloween Special Edition. Congratulations to Chris and Heather McDougall of Brentwood Drive for winning!

Nominations for the Fall Special Yard of the Month are open from Oct. 21-Nov.19th and will be judged and chosen on the 20th.

Judges will use the rubric to score nominated yards.

Click to Nominate a Yard

Cherishing Our Home

Keep Greene Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, was formed in April of 1986 to improve the appearance of Greeneville and Greene County. The organization works to achieve its goal of a cleaner and more beautiful community through educating children and adults on the importance of litter control and solid-waste practices. Keep Greene Beautiful is dedicated to maintaining a continuing litter control program, to promoting public interest in maintenance of a clean and beautiful environment, and to instilling environmental and solid waste management ethics.

Jessie Beth Miller

Director of Keep Greene Beautiful

jb@greenecountypartnership.net

423.638.4111

Programs

Educational & Awareness Programs
5th Grade Conservation Camps
Trash Art Contests
Group Litter Pick-Up Events
Yard of the Month
We See You! Wednesday
Adopt-a-Road or Adopt-a-Spot
Hazardous Household Waste Collection Event
Paper Shredding and E-Waste Collection Event

Yard of the Month Contest

Nominate a Yard! Yard of the month recognizes citizens of Greene County who contribute to the overall aesthetics and health of our community by maintaining exceptionally clean and beautiful properties. Nominations for the program are open to the public May through the fall. Volunteer judges will recognize a “Yard of the Month” per month.

Standard Yard of the Month submissions are closed. See above for our Special Edition Yards of the Month.

If you have any questions, feel free to email Jessie Beth Miller at jb@greenecountypartnership.net.

Keep Greene Beautiful, Greene County Solid Waste, and TDEC sponsor an annual Hazardous Household Waste Collection Event in September.

Recycling Resources

Greene County Convenience Centers accept #1 and #2 plastics, plastic shopping bags, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum cans, used oil, four used tires per year, batteries, metal, used wire (at Afton and West Greene centers only), old furniture, paint, and electronic waste (items plugged into an outlet), as well as household trash.

The Town of Greeneville offers cardboard, mixed paper, and plastic (no. 1 & no. 2) recycling containers at the following locations: