JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — At the Kentucky River in Nicholasville, Whitney Lewis is doing what she knows best — but this time, with a major milestone in the bag.

"We just hit our million bag goal. So currently working on 2 million. That's my next step so that's why I'm here," Whitney Lewis, the founder of "A Cleaner Kentucky," said.

Lewis says it's taken two-and-a-half years to reach that first million bags of litter — and she's determined to double it in half the time.

"I want Kentucky to be the cleanest state in the country so you know, we're working on it and we're making huge strides," she said.

Her mission started small with one person and one grocery bag.

"I decided to do an earth day challenge in March of 2023 of picking up 500 grocery bags in a month's time and I surpass

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