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Keep America Beautiful Announces New Board Chair and Board Members
Board Secretary Kara Calderon, who serves as senior director of Environmental Sustainability and Governance for Reynolds American Inc., was named as the organization’s new board chair.
Keep America Beautiful to Award Up to $375K in Grants to Combat Cigarette Litter
Keep America Beautiful® is accepting applications for the 2024 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) Grants. The initiative aims to reduce the amount of cigarette waste disposed of in public spaces and waterways through collection and recycling.
Keep America Beautiful to Provide More than $100k in Grants to Beautify Areas Named in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King
These grants support and engage communities nationwide, encouraging activities such as planting gardens, painting murals, installing lighting and trash/recycling infrastructure, and engaging youth — all while addressing environmental equity in areas within and around Martin Luther King Jr. corridors and neighborhoods
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O-Cedar Donates 150K Gloves to Empower Local Keep America Beautiful® Cleanup Efforts
O-Cedar, a brand under Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions, donated 150K rubber gloves to support environmental efforts by Keep America Beautiful state affiliates. This generous gesture has rekindled hope and unity in the mission to maintain clean outdoor spaces.
Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful Receives State Recycling Award for Cigarette Litter Prevention Project with Dollywood
Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful wins ‘2023 Nonprofit Recycler of the Year’ for their Dollywood partnership, recycling 350,000 cigarette butts since 2021.
Tallahassee Wins Best Neighborhood Program Award for MLK Jr. Blvd. Enhancement
Tallahassee, FL’s capital, proudly wins the Best Neighborhood Program award from Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) for its Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Corridor Enhancement Project.
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Keep America Beautiful Celebrates 25 Years of America Recycles Day on November 15
ONE DAY to educate. ONE DAY to motivate. A LIFETIME to make it happen. STAMFORD, Conn. (November 1, 2022) – Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, invites all Americans to join in the celebration of America...
First-of-its-kind: Dollywood becomes first theme park to recycle plastic from every cigarette butt collected in receptacles on property
Last year, Dollywood partnered with the river cleanup nonprofit, Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTNRB), on a massive cigarette litter prevention project, making Dollywood the first theme park in the world to recycle the plastic from every cigarette butt collected in guest-facing receptacles on its property.
Keep America Beautiful Announces Recipients of 2021 National Awards
Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, has recognized 26 community organizations and individuals through its 2021 National Awards program.
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