Events / Projects
Make A Difference Day: the last Saturday in October
This is an annual event where local citizens, clubs, churches, and businesses are encouraged to get out there and make a difference in their community! We invite them to partner with us in doing it through litter prevention, beautification, and recycling activities.
Cherokee Elementary planted trees! Eastside Elem. Jr. Beta club cleaned someone's yard who needed help.
This year for Make a Difference Day groups again worked all over the county! We held our first Rivers Alive cleanup in Cedartown at Big Spring Branch and at Cedar Creek. Cherokee Elementary also had a great turnout with their projects to plant trees and update landscaping on their campus, led by 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Janice Stewart. Hats off to all the groups that worked so hard that day! There were around 200 volunteers out "making a difference" in Polk County this year!
Silver Comet Trail Cleanup
The Silver Comet Trail cleanup took place during the Great American Cleanup and Make a Difference Day
by the Rockmart High School Kappa Pi Beta Club!
Students cleaned the Silver Comet trail and planted daffodils!
Electronics Recycling Day
Over 9,700 pounds of computers and other electronics (which contain materials that are hazardous to our environment) were recycled! Also, we now have several permanent electronics recycling bins at convenience centers around Polk County! Special thanks to H&W Trucking of Cedartown, Georgia for providing the tractor trailer that was necessary to haul it all to the Rome Recycling Center (thank you for letting us bring our recyclables to your event), and to Perry Williams and the convenience center workers for all of their assistence!
Bring One for the Chipper: Christmas Tree Recycling
Christmas trees may be brought to any of the 6 convenience centers in Polk County for recycling. Residents will receive a coupon which they redeem for a free dogwood seedling! The Christmas trees will be either chipped for mulch or used for animal habitats, so remember to Bring One for the Chipper after Christmas!
Great American Cleanup: March through May
Cherokee Elementary School chose a plastic bottle reycling project.
Scrap Tire Eradication Week: held annually in May as long as we can continue to receive grant money to support it!
Over 10,000 tires were recycled!
Arbor Day Celebration: February
Cedartown High School students plant a tree in memory of Brandy Moeller.
Wartville Wizard Project: ongoing throughout the year
Third graders throughout the county learned about litter and protecting our environment during the Wartville Wizard Project!
