July 2022 News
Volunteer Totals
3,020 lbs in June
33,343 lbs in 2022
Truck Totals
44,540 lbs in June
278,720 lbs in 2022
WaterGoat Totals
130 lbs in June
2,560 lbs in 2022
Keep Greenville County Beautiful
The Litter Ends Here program is excited to announce we are now a member of Keep Greenville County Beautiful, which is the non-profit affiliate of South Carolina PalmettoPride and Keep America Beautiful. This is a nationwide effort to inspire and educate people to take action daily to improve and beautify their community environment.
They will be featuring Litter Ends Here's volunteers and work-to-end litter on their social pages so go check it out!
Volunteer Safety Reminder Of the Month
Everyone participating in a litter pick-up on the side of the road must wear a safety vest at all times.
Litter Ends here provides Class 3 HiViz safety vests to all of our volunteers for free. It is so important for every single volunteer to wear it to increase their visibility.
If you need a vest, please contact Summer Gagnon at sgagnon@greenvillecounty.org
Rotary Club of the Reedy River
The members of the Rotary Club of the Reedy River provide funds to Greenville County Litter Ends Here and Keep Greenville County Beautiful for trash bags. Not only that, they also adopted Conestee Lake Road!
The Reedy River Rotary Club is genuinely making a difference, and we are incredibly grateful for their support!
Day & Zimmerman
The team over at Day & Zimmerman adopted their road in May of 2021. Since adopting this road, they have removed an estimated 600 lbs. of litter during four litter cleanups!
We are so thankful for this team of engineers for their service to our community!
Wood Group USA
Thank you to Wood Group USA in Greenville for their Adopt a Road cleanup of Riley Smith Road, off of Roper Mountain Road. They had 15 volunteers remove an estimated 300 lbs. of litter in just a matter of hours!
What an unbelievable way to serve our community!
Comal 864 Trash Bash
We are so thankful to Comal 864 for holding their amazing Trash Bash litter cleanup this month!
They had nearly a dozen people come together to remove litter from Woodside Avenue. Afterward, Comal 864 treated each volunteer to refreshments and appetizers, yum!
SCDOT Litter Cleanup
SCDOT and Greenville County Litter Ends Here teamed up to remove 1,300 lbs. of litter from Farrs Bridge Road.
There are a number of roads within the county that require a lane closure for the litter crews to safely remove litter. Many times, SCDOT provides traffic control; together, we can get the job done!
Harmful Litter
Saving you from flat tires!
The Greenville County litter crews picked up a few dozen screws off the roadside, saving drivers from flat tires!
An entire box of screws was found scattered alongside Farr Bridge Road during our cleanup with SCDOT.
Litter isn't only unsightly and bad for the environment, but it can also cause harm to your vehicles.
Finding History
It's amazing what the Greenville County Litter Ends Here litter crews find sometimes!
During a recent cleanup, a crew member found a 1950's vintage Dr. Pepper embossed aqua glass bottle.
While this is an interesting find, it gives a tangible perspective to the lasting effect litter has on our environment. This bottle hasn't even started to break- down and it was in our environment for nearly 70 years!
WaterGoat Weird Find
The Greenville County Litter Ends Here team pulled a scooter out of the trash trap at Oak Grove Lake. This is a great reminder that anything can become litter!
