Below are the results for The 2007 North Carolina Big Sweep.
What an exciting cleanup! We broke our all-time record for volunteer turnout! Many counties arranged multiple cleanup dates that enabled us to remove almost 730,000 pounds of debris from our environment. This is really important because litter hurts our economy (especially tourism and new business recruitment) and it endangers people and wildlife.
During the 2007 North Carolina Big Sweep cleanups, there were 17 entangled animals discovered statewide--only one of which was able to be released alive. Click here to find out which animals were found entangled. (Note: animal entanglements are in red.) What do you think can be done to prevent these entanglements?
Read on for more details about the 2007 cleanups. If you would like to contact N.C. Big Sweep, please see our address, phone, fax, and email at the bottom of this page. Thank you to everyone who helped in these much needed cleanups. And thank you for visiting our Web site!
Click on the county name to see the 2007 County Coordinators' names and contact info.
County
| Volunteers
| Est. Miles
| Tires
| White Goods
| Bags with Recycling
| Bags with Trash
| Est. Weight
| Unbaggable/Unusual Finds |
Alamance
| 72
| 32.5
| 2
| 0
| 31
| 58
| 1,560
| Link here for entanglements and other unusuals in all counties. |
Alexander | (w/Catawba) See
| Catawba
| County
| For
| Results
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Alleghany | (w/Ashe) See
| Ashe
| County
| For
| Results
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Anson
| 24
| 8
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| 21
| 420
|
Ashe
| 128
| 34.4
| 155
|
|
| 218
| 7,460
|
Avery
| See
| Watauga
| County
| For
| Results
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Beaufort
| 54
| 8
| 6
| 0
|
| 39
| 2,000
| |
Bertie
| 20
| 3.4
| 4
| 2
|
| 26
| 800
| |
Bladen
| 1
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Brunswick
| 466
| 25
|
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| 233
| 4,647
| |
Buncombe
| 102
| 6
| 200
| 0
|
| 400
| 12,000
| |
Burke
| 80
| 10
|
|
|
| 155
| 2,800
| |
Cabarrus
| 193
| 50.6
| 35
|
|
| 167
| 3,400
| |
Caldwell
| 367
| 17
| 10
|
|
| 460
| 11,276
| |
Camden
| 15
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 15
| 520
| |
Carteret
| 480
| 72.1
| 34
|
| 37
| 721
| 17,490
| |
Caswell
| 53
| 12.5
| 20
| 3
|
| 71
| 2,527
| |
Catawba
| 90
| 15
| 19
|
|
| 3,000
| 60,000
| |
Chatham
| 86
| 7.5
| 12
|
|
| 96
| 2,160
| |
Cherokee
| 1
|
|
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Chowan
| 1
|
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Clay
| 1
|
|
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Cleveland
| 12
| 2.4
| 4
| 0
|
| 68
| 1,360
| |
Columbus
| 60
| 10
| 1
|
| 30
| 21
| 1,200
| |
Craven
| 30
| 1
|
|
|
| 15
| 300
| |
Cumberland
| 177
| 3
| 46
|
|
| 72
| 3,110
| |
Currituck
| 27
| 5
|
|
|
| 84
| 1,680
| |
Dare
| 429
| 71
| 5
| 0
| 10
| 320
| 6,395
| |
Davidson
| 20
| 3.5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 500
| |
Davie
| 80
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 65
| 1,340
| |
Duplin
| 177
| 4
| 274
| 93
|
| 6,929
| 153,360
| |
Durham
| 286
| 26
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 363
| 9,495
| |
Edgecombe
| see
| Nash
| County
| For
| Results
|
|
| |
Forsyth
| 3,817
| 37.5
| 118
| 3
|
| 1,280
| 43,380
| |
Franklin
| 30
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 21
| 55
| 1,680
| |
Gaston
| 1,087
| 64
| 268
| 7
| 30
| 2,275
| 52,158
| |
Gates
| 1
|
|
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Graham
| See
| Swain
| County
| For
| Results
|
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Granville
| 1
|
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Greene
| 42
| 3
| 3
|
|
| 30
| 600
| |
Guilford
| 1,188
| 31.5
| 14
|
| 5
| 898
| 17,940
| |
Halifax
| 5
| 4.5
|
|
|
| 50
| 1,000
| |
Harnett
| 3
| .8
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 420
| |
Haywood
| 38
| 3
| 8
|
|
| 144
| 3,040
| |
Henderson
| 150
| 25
| 4
| 5
|
| 551
| 11,000
| |
Hertford
| 4
| 1
| 3
|
|
| 13
| 260
| |
Hoke
| 29
| 2
| 10
|
|
| 75
| 1,730
| |
Hyde
| 34
| 4
|
|
|
| 6
| 200
| |
Iredell
| 75
| 8
| 29
|
|
| 128
| 3,140
| |
Jackson
| 12
| 5
| 14
|
| 10
| 55
| 2,080
| |
Johnston
| 85
| 5.2
| 13
|
|
| 47
| 1,385
| |
Jones
| 1
|
|
|
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Lee
| 52
| 12
| 16
|
|
| 20
| 1,580
| |
Lenoir
| 28
| 4
| 9
|
|
| 35
| 2,400
| |
Lincoln
| 30
| 3.5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 1,790
| |
McDowell
| 1
|
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Macon
| 12
| 10
| 40
|
| 4
| 2
| 1,240
| |
Madison
| 1
|
|
|
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Martin
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 25
| 770
| |
Mecklenburg
| 616
| 60
| 97
| 3
|
| 753
| 17,300
| |
Mitchell
| 28
| 11
| 5
| 2
|
| 200
| 4,340
| |
Montgomery
| 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Moore
| 12
| 3
|
|
| 3
| 3
| 120
| |
Nash
| 360
| 38
| 28
| 0
|
| 559
| 11,740
| |
New Hanover
| 640
| 59.5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 581
| 11,620
| |
Northampton
| 47
| 8
| 2
|
|
| 35
| 600
| |
Onslow
| 167
| 30.5
| 1
| 2
|
| 175
| 2,880
| |
Orange
| 203
| 18.25
|
|
|
| 398
| 7,967
| |
Pamlico
| 32
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 510
| |
Pasquotank
| 30
| 4.5
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 45
| 900
| |
Pender
| 125
| 10.3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 262
| 5,240
| |
Perquimans
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 40
| 860
| |
Person
| 47
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 680
| |
Pitt
| 327
| 14
|
|
|
| 141
| 2,820
| |
Polk
| 71
| 4
| 4
|
| 18
| 19
| 820
| |
Randolph
| 1,191
| 28.2
| 101
| 8
|
| 333
| 12,495
| |
Richmond
| 61
| 4.5
|
|
|
| 34
| 880
| |
Robeson
| 20
| 3
| 15
|
|
| 80
| 3,800
| |
Rockingham
| 1,138
| 202
| 201
| 22
|
| 1,878
| 56,000
| |
Rowan
| 9
| 1
| 8
|
|
| 73
| 1,620
| |
Rutherford
| 57
| 24.5
| 68
| 13
|
| 68
| 4,020
| |
Sampson
| 100
| 18.5
| 15
| 3
| 2
| 258
| 6,770
| |
Scotland
| 4
| 1
|
|
|
| 2
| 80
| |
Stanly
| 91
| 15
| 10
| 2
|
| 167
| 2,543
| |
Stokes
| 501
| 90.6
| 53
| 7
|
| 654
| 17,650
| |
Surry
| 1
|
|
|
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Swain
| 51
| 8.5
| 31
| 1
| 16
| 64
| 2,320
| |
Transylvania
| 1
|
|
|
|
|
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Tyrrell
| 20
| 2
|
|
|
| 10
| 100
| |
Union
| 1
|
|
|
|
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Vance
| See
| Warren
| County
| for
| results.
|
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Wake
| 538
| 39.75
| 53
| 25
| 117
| 530
| 16,485
| |
Warren
| 44
| 5
| 3
|
|
| 58
| 1,240
| |
Washington
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 7
| 140
| |
Watauga
| 137
| 20.5
|
|
| 20
| 270
| 5,800
| |
Wayne
| 352
| 37.5
| 10
|
|
| 175
| 1,837
| |
Wilkes
| 300
| 4
| 25
|
|
| 150
| 3,000
| |
Wilson
| 1
|
|
|
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Yadkin
| 5
| 1
|
|
| 2
| 10
| 240
| |
Yancey
| See
| Mitchell
| County
| for
| results.
|
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Duke employees
| 455
| 14
|
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|
| 68,640
| | TOTALS
| 18,084
| 1,492
| 2,151
| 204
| 417
| 27,456
| 729,650
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Our statewide headquarters is:
North Carolina Big Sweep
P.O. Box 126
Zebulon, NC 27597
Phone: (919) 366-3888
Fax: (919) 366-3890