{"id":473318,"date":"2016-04-06T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=473318"},"modified":"2016-04-07T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:38:06","slug":"dont-mess-with-texas-anti-litter-effort-marks-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=473318","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas Anti-litter Effort Marks 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/1795656_10151960705406304_930269253_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-473323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/1795656_10151960705406304_930269253_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1795656_10151960705406304_930269253_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-473323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/1795656_10151960705406304_930269253_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/1795656_10151960705406304_930269253_n.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>DALLAS (AP\/Staff) &#8211; The Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas anti-litter campaign has been around for 30 years with more chances to pick up trash across the state &#8212; and a couple of high-profile Tyler tie-ins. The Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday marked the slogan&#8217;s 30th anniversary with plans to display, in Dallas, some trash picked up along highways. Boy Scouts across Texas can try to earn a special merit badge to mark the anniversary by taking part in a trash-off Saturday targeting roads. The partnership involves TxDOT and the group Keep Texas Beautiful. TxDOT officials say about 1,500 trash-off events were held last year across the state.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>About 85,000 volunteers collecting more than 10 million pounds of waste and recyclables. The State Transportation Commission&#8217;s Jeff Austin of Tyler says Tyler native Earl Campbell will also play a big role in the 30th anniversary. The Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas campaign has included advertisements with celebrities including George Strait, Willie Nelson, Matthew McConaughey and LeAnn Rimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS (AP\/Staff) &#8211; The Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas anti-litter campaign has been around for 30 years with more chances to pick up trash across the state &#8212; and a couple of high-profile Tyler tie-ins. The Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday marked the slogan&#8217;s 30th anniversary with plans to display, in Dallas, some trash picked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=473318\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas Anti-litter Effort Marks 30 Years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":473323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 20:16:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=473318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473354,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473318\/revisions\/473354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/473323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=473318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=473318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=473318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}