He Led Removal Of 14,000 Lbs. Of Trash From Local River: Meet ‘The Conservation Kid’

Summary: By Richard Hunt “All kinds of trash; plastic bottles, plastic bags, cigarette butts,“ were floating in the water. But, according to 12-year-old conservationist Cash Daniels, “Fishing line is one of the worst pollutants – and especially in Tennessee because we have a lot of bass fishing tournaments here.” To offer sports fishers a better way, Cash arranged for fishing line recycling bins to be available, keeping the monofilament from becoming part of the river junk. Money from thousands of pounds of recycled aluminum cans helped pay for the bins and other projects.