Partnership protects Tennessee watershed through river cleanups and
cigarette recycling program
MARYVILLE, Tenn., April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton Home Building
Group® is excited to announce a three-year
partnership agreement with Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful,
an organization dedicated to a clean, healthy, beautiful Tennessee
River for generations to come. The partnership formalizes an
existing relationship in which Clayton team members volunteer at
river cleanups and participate in a cigarette recycling program at
its home building facilities.
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Clayton celebrated the announcement with an official check
presentation and three river cleanups in March, where team members
from Clayton Rutledge, Clayton Bean Station, TRU Halls and TRU White
Pine home building facilities volunteered at Cherokee Lake and
Norris Lake. Team members removed
45,823 pounds of trash from Tennessee waterways, including 175 tires, two
TVs, an abandoned boat and two fuel tanks.
Kathleen Gibi, Keep the Tennessee
River Beautiful executive director, says, "We are thrilled to have
Clayton as an official partner of Keep the Tennessee River
Beautiful. In 2023, our organization removed a record 218,000
pounds of garbage from the Tennessee watershed, and Clayton team members
helped us achieve that milestone by collecting 82,717 pounds of
garbage. We're so grateful for Clayton's commitment to continue
protecting our watershed and for the hundreds of team members who
have participated in these incredibly impactful cleanups."
In addition to river cleanups, Clayton home building and supply
facilities in Tennessee and
Alabama are participating in a
cigarette recycling program with Keep the Tennessee River
Beautiful. "Littered cigarettes are a major contributor to
microplastic pollution in our waterways," says William Jenkins, Clayton Home Building Group
senior director of environment and sustainability. "Since December,
we've collected more than 6,000 cigarette filters that will be
recycled and repurposed into outdoor plastic furniture instead of
littering our waterways." The recycling program is also supported
by Keep America Beautiful, of which Keep the Tennessee River
Beautiful is an affiliate, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the
Tennessee Department of Transportation.
The partnership is a natural fit for Clayton, a leading
single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable
housing, sustainable practices, and creating a world-class
experience for customers and team members. The company provides
team members with paid volunteer time off to make significant
community impacts, and the partnership with Keep the Tennessee
River Beautiful reflects Clayton's dedication to driving change by
advancing sustainability and doing good by giving back to
others.
Up next for the two organizations are more cleanups along the
Tennessee River, including events in Alabama near Clayton home building facilities.
"It's great to partner with an organization whose footprint in
Tennessee and Alabama mirrors the Tennessee watershed landscape," says Gibi,
"where Clayton team members can directly impact their community's
water quality for generations to come."
About Clayton
Founded in 1956, Clayton is committed to opening doors to a
better life and building happyness® through
homeownership. A Berkshire Hathaway company, Clayton is a leading
single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable
housing, sustainable practices, and creating a world-class
experience for customers and team members. The company's portfolio
includes a comprehensive range of site-built and modern
manufactured housing, including Tiny, CrossMod® and
modular housing. In 2023, Clayton built more than 52,000 homes
across the country. For more information,
visit claytonhomes.com.
CrossMod is a registered trademark of the Manufactured
Housing Institute.
About Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful is a 501c3 nonprofit and is
the first Keep America Beautiful affiliate in the nation to focus
solely on a river. Its mission is to rally communities along the
Tennessee River and its tributaries to preserve, improve and
protect the river for generations to come. To date, over 4,500
volunteers have helped the organization to remove 712,589 lbs. of
trash along the 652-mile Tennessee River and its tributaries that
reach into seven states.
Media Contact: Caitlyn
Crosby, media@claytonhomes.com
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