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Let’s Talk Trash! MAR / APR 2020
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Iris Tennes ee Cheatham
POWER PLAY . Litter Laws in Tennessee Tennessee has an average of 5,100 pieces of litter per mile on urban freeways. Thirty percent is deliberate litter from people in vehicles and 70% is negligent litter from unsecured loads. Littering Must Stop . Litter weighing less than five pounds is a class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $50, imprisonment up to 30 days, or both, and up to 40 hours community service. The court may also require work in a recycling center up to eight hours. . Litter weighing between five and 10 pounds is a class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, six months imprisonment, or both, and up to 80 hours community service. The court may also require work in a recycling center up to eight hours. . Litter weighing more than 10 pounds or for any commercial purpose is a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $2,500, imprisonment up to 11 months and 29 days, or both. . If third conviction in any amount exceeding 10 pounds or upon the second conviction in any amount exceeding 1,000 pounds or in any amount for any commercial purpose, class E felony. Imprisonment between one year and six years, and possible fine up to $3,000. The court must also require community service litter removal for up to 160 hours. (see §40-35- 111)
April 2020
Let’s Talk Trash! MUSEUM OF LITTER AND PUBLIC AUCTION RAISING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS! The Iris Tennessee Cheatham Museum of Litter Art Project Due April 16th at the Cheatham County Courthouse Let’s Talk Trash! news is supported by the County Sheriff department’s T.D.O.T. litter education grant as well as local businesses. Putting these funds to good use, Let’s Talk Trash! news hosts every other year a Museum of Litter art project for every school’s participation in the County to help bring awareness to the existence of litter on our highways and in our waterways. To date, Let’s Talk Trash News’ museum of litter art projects have raised over $7,800 for our schools and participating organizations! LET’S MAKE 2020 A BLOW OUT YEAR!
Photo from the 2014 Iris Tennessee Cheatham Museum of Litter
Litter education is paramount to understanding how litter negatively affects our communities. Litter is actually “lazy obnoxious behavior.” Let’s Talk Trash! News strives to help educate and change this behavior and attitude toward this nationwide problem through stories and activities every other month during the school year. It is utterly amazing what our kids can create! As the IRIS TENNESSEE CHEATHAM 2020 project is now underway, many artistic masterpieces will be displayed and publicly auctioned off on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 on the Cheatham County courthouse lawn. If the weather is not conducive, we will move this event to Sycamore Square Government offices. We will keep you informed.
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