April is Keep America Beautiful® Month – 10 Ways to Take Action

by | Apr 7, 2022 | Affilliates, Article, Beautifying, Do Beautiful Things, Educational material, Event, Great American Cleanup, Guide, KAB In The News, Litter, Program, Recycling, Resources, Tools & Resources, Volunteering

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 Innovation Spotlight: Largest Network of Electric Skimmers Introduced in TN River; Potential to Remove 54K Pounds of Litter a Year

by | Mar 25, 2022 | Affiliate Updates, Affilliates, America Recycles Day, Article, Beautifying, Community Grants, Do Beautiful Things, Great American Cleanup, KAB In The News, Litter, Press Releases, Program, Recycling, Research, Restoring, Science & Education, Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful is excited to announce the installation of 18 Seabins in the Tennessee River and some of its tributaries. This will make the area home to the largest network of electric litter skimmer devices in any river system in the world. The installation was made possible by two grants from KAB and the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Keep America Beautiful Announces 24th Annual Great American Cleanup, the Nation’s Largest Community Improvement Program 

by | Mar 7, 2022 | Affilliates, Article, Beautifying, Do Beautiful Things, Event, Great American Cleanup, KAB In The News, Litter, Partners, Press Releases, Program, Volunteering

The 24th annual Great American Cleanup® (GAC) begins Monday, March 21. GAC takes place annually with an estimated 500,000 volunteers taking part in 15,000 community events nationwide, thanks to the work done by the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) network of 700 affiliates and KAB partner organizations. GAC runs through June 22. 

“If it’s being said in Gwinnett, it’s being said in every community across the country.” – Virtual conversation March 23 to spark nationwide conversation on litter

by | Mar 2, 2022 | Affiliate Updates, Affilliates, Article, Beautifying, Do Beautiful Things, Event, Great American Cleanup, KAB In The News, Press Releases, Program, Science & Education, Volunteering, Webinar

Keep America Beautiful and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful invite everyone to a virtual conversation about litter. Happening March 23 from 8 to 10 a.m. EST, “Connecting People and Places: A Community Conversation About Litter” is intended to address the issue of littering.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Completes Adopt-A-Road Cleanup

by | Jan 29, 2022 | Affilliates, Article, Beautifying, Do Beautiful Things, Great American Cleanup, KAB In The News, Litter, Partners, Program, Volunteering

April 2022 The Great American Cleanup is in full swing! We are excited to share special moments from your cleanup efforts! Thank you to Alison Sinclair from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Piedmont Office for sharing photos from not one, but two...