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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Bashing Austin’s Trash

Company Volunteers Partner with Community on Colorado River Cleanup

Austin Trash Bashers

Forty-one people. Eight hours. Almost ten tons of trash.

The ways to quantify the impact of November’s LoCo Trash Bash are many, but the one thing Regional Vice President-
General Manager Wesley Salem couldn’t calculate was the emotion of it all.

“It was tremendously rewarding,” he said. “I was blown away by the level of engagement our employees brought to the
event. Everyone was energized, and everyone worked really hard.”

The November 13 environmental cleanup has been a growing event in the Austin area for the past few years, and, in
2021, involved about 175 volunteers working along 11 locations in and around the Colorado River.

Ready Mix Operations Manager Brian Ridlon had participated in the Trash Bash before and, after being impressed with
the event, brought it to the attention of other Martin Marietta leaders in the area.

Seeing the opportunity to make a strong local impact, Salem gained support from Southwest Division President Kirk Light
and Vice President of Operations Services Jason Reed, and offered to help sponsor the event at a cost of $5,000.

“We have three locations near the Colorado in Austin, so we’re very much stakeholders in this area,” Salem said. “It’s our
duty to help protect it.”

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