The Brief
- A woman in Jacksonville is trying to improve the planet by picking up one million pieces of litter.
- She hit the halfway point Tuesday when she grabbed her 500,000th piece while on a TikTok Livestream.
- She is documenting this journey across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, bringing in thousands of followers.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Littering is a problem across the country, but it’s especially urgent in Florida, with all the coastal access in the Sunshine State.
That’s why Emily Smith is doing everything she can to stop litter from causing more issues.
“I gave myself the goal of a million pieces, because I knew it wouldn’t be something I could do overnight,” Emily Smith, the founder of Million Little Pieces, said.
Million Little Pieces is her social media presence across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, where she documents her journey to picking up one million pieces of litter.…