2007 Fannin County B.E.E.S. Beautification Education Enforcement and Strategies

B.E.E.S. Purpose and Mission  Promote the Beautification of Fannin County.  To Facilitate, Educate and promote Environmental Stewardship of the citizens in Fannin County.

The problem!  Increasing incidences of illegal dumping in Fannin County  Old furniture  Used Appliances  Used Tires  Old Boats  Household Trash  And Much More.

County Roads and Ditches

Creek Beds and Waterways

Community Streets

Your County $’s at work!

Costs of dumped Trash in Fannin County. 12 Months period in 2006 from Precinct 4  4500 Cubic Yards Of Trash  Costing $5500 / Year To Haul Off Trash  Taking 106 Hours To Pick Up 4 precincts X $5500 = $22,000 tax dollars

Results of County Labor.

Using the Tire Cutter Sending 250 cut tires per load Cut tires cost $.80 ea compared to $4 per whole tire in land fills Saving $800 for every 250 tires the county picks up.

Fannin County Barns or Precinct #3 and #4 barns receive trash daily.

What Can you Do?

Take Pride in your community – Clean up!

Use Authorized Waste Haulers

Volunteer to pick up trash to help Keep Fannin County Beautiful

Trash picked up by volunteers.

Report sites to Sheriff’s Office

Report Illegal dumping to the Sheriff’s Office.

 Don’t contribute to the problem  Report illegal littering and dumping  Support community clean-up events  Offer assistance to those unable to deal with the problem  Share this message throughout your community  EDUCATE EDUCATE EDUCATE!

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS  Remember that throwing lightweight items like cans and wrappers in the bed of a truck is the same as throwing it out the window and can result in a $200 fine when it blows on to the road way.

TEXAS TRASH OFF April 14, 2007 TEXAS TRASH OFF April 14, 2007  Join more than 125,000 volunteers for the  DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS TRASH OFF TRASH OFF  Free Bags and vests at Precinct Barn #4 Prior to the event.  KEEP FANNIN COUNTY BEAUTIFUL

Hazardous Waste Collection May 5th :00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Precinct #4 Barn Bonham Texas

Edward Everett Hale I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do. Edward Everett Hale

Participating Agencies Fannin County Commissioners Court Grant Funding through:

Resources  Fannin County Commissioners  Joan Snider  Fannin County Sherrif  Max Goerte  Fannin County B.E.E.S. Committee