He Led Removal Of 14,000 Lbs. Of Trash From Local River: Meet The Conservation Kid
b'By Richard Hunt\\n\\u201cAll kinds of trash; plastic bottles, plastic bags, cigarette butts,\\u201c were floating in the water. But, according to 12-year-old conservationist Cash Daniels, \\u201cFishing line is one of the worst pollutants \\u2013 and especially in Tennessee because we have a lot of bass fishing tournaments here.\\u201d 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.'