Hardin County volunteers help remove 15 tons of trash from river

WEBSTER CITY - On July 11, 17 employees, family members, and friends of Flint Hills Resources’s Iowa ethanol plants joined 350 volunteers from around Iowa and nine other states to remove trash, tires, plastic, wire, aluminum, and appliances from the Boone River in north central Iowa. 

The work was done as part of Iowa Project AWARE, an annual event to clean up Iowa rivers and educate volunteers about watersheds, recycling, and water quality. This is the 17th year of the project, and the eighth year Flint Hills Resources has co-sponsored the event. 

Read the full article in the July 23 edition of the Eldora Herald-Ledger.