Pitching in Farragut High teens, BFI do some of fund's hardest work - clean up
Even though the food boxes aren't distributed until Saturday, all the cardboard that the items arrived in was broken down and recycled Thursday with the help of the students and Browning-Ferris Industries. BFI took the trash - more than four tons - to Knoxville Recycled Fiber Co. for processing...
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| Published in | The Knoxville news-sentinel |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Knoxville, Tenn
Gannett Media Corp
23.12.1994
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| Summary: | Even though the food boxes aren't distributed until Saturday, all the cardboard that the items arrived in was broken down and recycled Thursday with the help of the students and Browning-Ferris Industries. BFI took the trash - more than four tons - to Knoxville Recycled Fiber Co. for processing and will donate the proceeds, about $150, to The News-Sentinel's Empty Stocking Fund. BFI employee Archie Payne kept an eye on the cardboard going into the truck so he could pack it down when necessary. He admitted Thursday's work was not the same as his usual routine with BFI. photo; Tania Basu, 15, a Farragut High School sophomore and Interact Club member, helps take 4,240 pounds of cardboard that contained items to fill EMPTY STOCKING FUND baskets to a BFI truck Thursday afternoon. About 30 students helped load the cardboard at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. It will be taken to Knoxville Recycled Fiber Co. BFI plans to donate the recycling proceeds to the Empty Stocking Fund. Heather Stone/News-Sentinel staff Empty Stocking Fund logo Donors (chart) |
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