Keep America Beautiful® Month in April celebrates the work led by our 700 state and community-based affiliates, local partners, businesses, public officials, and millions of passionate volunteers.
KAB In The News
Keep America Beautiful honored with 6 industry awards for Vision for America Live-Streamed Event
Keep America Beautiful® is proud to announce Vision for America 2021 has received six awards of excellence; in the marketing and communications industry and for community service.
December 9: Keep America Beautiful presents ‘Vision for America 2021’; register today
The 2021 Vision Celebration includes a tri-sector awards event and will kick-off with an industry exclusive panel for sponsors, corporate executives, and industry stakeholders to engage in conversation around community impact and shared values.
Restored and Resilient Neighborhoods
STAMFORD, Conn. (November 8, 2021) – Keep America Beautiful® is proud to officially announce a merger with RETREET®, the national authority in post-disaster tree planting. The move enables both organizations to work together more closely and efficiently on a new Keep...
Keep America Beautiful Merges with RETREET to Focus on Community Restoration and Resiliency Through Tree Planting
Keep America Beautiful® is proud to officially announce a merger with RETREET®, the national authority in post-disaster tree planting. The move enables both organizations to work together more closely and efficiently on a new Keep America Beautiful strategic priority: community restoration and resiliency.
As litter balloons, local governments and residents try new approaches
Waste DiveBy Maria RachalMay 3, 2021 As communities across the United States marked Earth Day 2021 with community trash cleanups, many noted increases in litter over the last year associated with the coronavirus pandemic. One culprit is the proliferation of...
Keep America Beautiful Releases Largest Study on Litter in America
National Nonprofit Announces Top-Line Results from Landmark Litter Study STAMFORD, Conn. (April 22, 2021) – Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement for-impact organization, today released data from its 2020 study on litter in America. The...
Spring Cleaning in the COVID-19 Era Means Picking Up Lots of PPE
WDET Detroit's NPR StationApril 20, 2021By Laura Herberg Phyliss Macuga Baker stands in a field next to a shopping center in Canton holding a trash bag and scanning the area. There are drink bottles, cigarettes, plastic bags and plenty of personal protective equipment...
This fish stuck in a disposable glove is a warning about the risks of COVID-19 litter
National GeographicApril 16, 2021By Carrie Arnold As volunteers who spend every Sunday removing garbage from canals crisscrossing the Dutch city of Leiden, Liselotte Rambonnet and Auke-Florian Hiemstra have seen more than their fair share...
‘Garbage Freaking Everywhere’ as Americans Venture Outdoors After a Year of Lockdowns
TIMEMarch 26, 2021By Alana Semuels Across the country, as the weather improved and pandemic lockdowns were lifted, Americans ventured outside and noticed that their neighborhoods looked a little different. A little. . . dirtier. They saw mattresses piled outside...