Nonprofit tackles illegal dumping in Memphis NEWS CHANNEL 3 by: Shay Arthur Posted: Dec 10, 2020 / 06:04 PM CST / Updated: Dec 10, 2020 / 07:04 PM CST MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local nonprofit is taking a stand, tired of the excessive illegal dumping and littering we see in Memphis. A beat-up car, empty beer bottles, broken glass — the mess is building at the corner of Coppock and Marble in North Memphis. “I’d say they clean it about once a year and then it gets right back the way it is,” said Matthew Loveless works at the pallet shop next door. It’s an issue Dr. Yvonne Nelson, with nonprofit My ZIP, looks to fix. “Memphis should really be ashamed of itself,” Nelson said. The group, founded last year, targets the excessive illegal dumping and littering we see in the city. “It just hurts me to my heart to go outside and travel places and see mattresses and furniture dumped on the side of the road. To see garbage bags just dumped on the side of highways,” Nelson said.
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