Keep America Beautiful has more than 650 community-based affiliates across the United States that carry out our shared mission at the state, county, and municipal levels. New communities across the country – and the world – continue to join the Keep America Beautiful®...
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7 Ways to Celebrate an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving
Americans produce about 25-percent more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day compared to the rest of the year, according to estimates. However, we can all make small changes to reduce, reuse, and recycle during the holiday season and throughout the year. Here...
Celebrate America Recycles Day with These 5 Tips
America Recycles Day® officially takes place this Sunday, Nov. 15! America Recycles Day (ARD) is a Keep America Beautiful® national program and the only nationally recognized day dedicated to celebrating and promoting recycling. This year, ARD focuses on...
5 Tips for a Green Halloween
We know Halloween can be a sweet holiday, as well as a frightfully wasteful one with all of the disposable decorations, packaging, and costumes that come with the season. But at Keep America Beautiful®, we know it doesn’t have to be that way! While the coronavirus...
Earth Day Network Joins Forces with National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earth Day Network, the global organizer of Earth Day, today announced a partnership with National CleanUp Day® and Keep America Beautiful® to remove trash across the United States amid a global pandemic. Throughout the month of September, Earth Day...
For the People: Keep America Beautiful ‘Trash Dash’ – Smilow Closer to Free Ride – Center for Family Justice
For the People Podcast, Connoisseur MediaPodcast Host - John Voket "Today we're talking about 'plogging' - which incorporates picking up litter while jogging - and how you can discover plogging on September 20 as Keep America Beautiful launches it's 2020 Trash Dash in...
20 Ways to Participate in the 2020 Great American Cleanup
The Great American Cleanup®, which marks its 22nd year in 2020, prompts individuals to take greater responsibility for their local environment by conducting or participating in grassroots community service projects. After suspending the Great American Cleanup (GAC)...
Tips for Celebrating the Fourth of July in a COVID-19 Environment
Though celebrations may look different this Fourth of July, it is still possible to have fun and celebrate sustainably. With the likelihood of increasing personal, smaller fireworks displays following some cancellations of public displays around Independence Day, we...
Parks forced to close due to record amounts of litter
KGUN9June 15, 2020By Stephanie Stone, Scripps National Correspondent VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Some public lands are closing again, but not because of the coronavirus, because of litter and huge crowds. Paradise Falls, a hidden waterfall in Ventura County, California,...
Keep America Beautiful Presents 47 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grants to Organizations throughout the United States
STAMFORD, Conn. (May 28, 2020) – Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s largest community improvement nonprofit organization, today announced it has awarded 47 grants to Keep America Beautiful community-based affiliates and partner organizations for its 2020 Cigarette...