MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Spring Clean-up event will be held in the month of April.
This event is opened to all youth and adult organizations to help remove litter from the roadways in Knox County. Participating groups select the roadways they wish to clean and perform the services.
Once collected, the bags of litter can be transported to the Knox County Fairgrounds on April 30th for disposal. By participating in the event, groups provide a community service of removing litter from our county roadways.
Recycling and Litter Prevention will pay the following stipends for bags of litter collected:
·1-24 bags $3.00 per bag
·25-67 bags $3.50 per bag
·68-100 bags $4.00 per bag
Participating organizations can pick up supplies at Recycling and Litter Prevention, 117 E. High St., second floor in Suite 257.
All nonprofit youth or adult groups are encouraged to participate. For more information or to sign up, contact program manager Matthew Baugher at 740-393-6704.
The 2021 spring clean-up collected nearly 300 bags of litter from Knox County roadways.
