Tennessee's New Anti-Litter Campaign Is Trying to Be the Next Don't Mess With Texas

But these ads say 'Nobody trashes' the state

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“Don’t mess with Texas” is not just a catchy phrase for Texans to boast about the solidarity of their statesmen. In fact, it started as an ad. In particular, an anti-litter campaign that debuted in 1985.

And EnviroMedia, the Austin, Texas, environmental and sustainability agency that worked on “Don’t mess with Texas” for 14 years, starting in 1998, is rolling out another anti-litter campaign, this time for Tennessee. It’s set to (hopefully) do for Tennessee what Texas’s anti-litter campaign did for that state.

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