TENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

Meet our new compost partners Compost Nashville Don’t let your food scraps go to waste, let Compost Nashville collect them and turn them into compost while supporting the Tennessee Environmental Council at the same time! When your household subscribes to Compost Nashville’s residential pickup services, you will receive $5 off your first month, free compost, and TEC will receive a $5 donation to support our mission. Use the code “TEC” at checkout to take advantage of this offer, and join us in keeping food out of the landfill and providing compost to local farms and gardens. Learn more by clicking the link below: https://lnkd.in/eredE7gu

RUTLEDGE RECYCLING ROUNDUP this Saturday, September 7th! For each Roundup, TEC teams up with with different businesses (vendors or recyclers) to recycle the materials you bring! Check out the amazing partners for the Rutledge Roundup this weekend! For more info: https://lnkd.in/eiuWM6xD

We are thrilled to announce that Tennessee Environmental Council has won the 2024 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award in the category of "Environmental Education & Outreach" for our Recycling Roundups! This award celebrates TEC's first 10 roundups that resulted in more than 233,000 pounds of materials recycled in communities across Tennessee in 2023. Thanks to our Recycle Tennessee Program Director, Abby Schneider, and her support staff, including Recycling Roundup Assistant, Ginger Reasonover (and more recently Recycle Tennessee Program Coordinator, Rebekah Garrett, and Recycling Roundup Program Assistant, Camila Palmer) for building our Recycling Roundup events and leading the effort into an award-winning program. Our success is only possible with some key ingredients; the grant from EPA, the hundreds of volunteers who have assisted at the events, program partners (including S3 Recycling Solutions, Tennessee Recycling Coalition, and TDEC), and all the people of Tennessee who cleaned up, drove through, and dropped off. We are so grateful for this honor and will continue to serve the great state of Tennessee in our mission to help people and communities improve our environment! We are organizing 35 more roundups in the next 3 years (including six this fall). Learn more about the other winners here: https://lnkd.in/eik3Cerv Learn more about roundups here: https://lnkd.in/eiuWM6xD Want to sponsor a roundup? Email [email protected] to inquire.

Check out this video of one of our busiest recycling roundups yet! TEC, volunteers, and partners helped divert over 51,000 pounds of materials from the landfill and back into the circular economy! Will you be dropping off, volunteering, or both at one of our next roundups? Next Up: RUTLEDGE ROUNDUP on September 7th: https://lnkd.in/etErKXWf https://lnkd.in/eYDrTnDR

Volunteers Needed for Ashland City Recycling Roundup on September 21st 2 Lucky winners will be picked to receive a Patagonia Nashville prize pack or a The Good Fill $25 gift card! Please sign up and share with your friends. We can only do this with YOUR help! Click the link below to sign up: https://lnkd.in/gaMigbRP

Next Creek Cleanup! Hickman Creek! We're getting back in the water on September 14th from 10am to 2 pm, and we need your help Click on the link below to sign up and share with your friends! https://lnkd.in/eVfQq5ZS

TEC native wildflower seed mixes are NOW LIVE! 😍 Click the link below to get yours! https://lnkd.in/gdavr22Y

Roundups are back! Next Up: Rutledge, TN on September 7th! We are diverting incredible amounts of materials from the landfill through these events. We'd love for you to be a part of this event, whether you come to drop off, volunteer, or both! Stay tuned for volunteer opportunities coming soon! We promise you'll leave feeling so good about the work you did! Guaranteed! More info with the link below: https://lnkd.in/etErKXWf

CALLING ALL PLANET LOVERS! Please consider helping us with the next recycling roundup in Rutledge, TN! Two lucky winners will get either a gift card to KnoxFill or a Patagonia Nashville atomic sling bag, WHAT!? Click on the link below to sign up and share with your friends & coworkers: https://lnkd.in/d-69rB5d

Did you know that the most likely colors to attract bees are PURPLE, VIOLET, and BLUE? Our Bumble Bee Wildflower Seed mix contains a higher percentage of purple flowers. Order our new seed mix to invite the humble bumble bees to your garden! (dropping on Monday, August 26th!) https://lnkd.in/egWCz6me