Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful is a U.S. based nonprofit organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with approximately 589 affiliate organizations (similar to local chapters) and more than 1,000 community organizations that participate in their programs.

Keep America Beautiful focuses on three key issues: litter prevention, waste reduction/recycling and community greening & beautification. This is accomplished through a combination of community organizing, public education and the fostering of public/private partnerships.

History

Keep America Beautiful was founded in 1953 by a consortium of American businesses (including founding members Philip Morris, Anheuser-Busch, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola), nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and concerned individuals in reaction to the growing problem of highway litter that followed the construction of the Interstate Highway System, and an increasingly mobile and convenience-oriented American consumer. The original goal of the organization was to reduce litter through public service advertising (PSA) campaigns.

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Keeping the Edisto clean: Grants available to help with boat landing cleanups

The Times & Democrat 04 Sep 2018

The grant is made possible through a partnership of PalmettoPride, Keep South Carolina Beautiful, Walther Farms and Keep America Beautiful ... Keep America Beautiful and PhillipMorrisUSA were able to donate cigarette butt bins for the program in order to assist in decreasing the amount of cigarette litter found at landings along the Edisto River....

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Group Dedicated To Beautifying Greene County

The Greeneville Sun 31 Aug 2018

Keep Greene Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, is a program of the Greene County Partnership that strives to improve the ......

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Ridgeland considers changes to zoning ordinance, plan

The Northside Sun 30 Aug 2018

The Ridgeland Board of Aldermen are considering the language of the city’s zoning ordinance and master plan to determine if they should grant a conditional use permit for a proposed facility ... “There is a different continuum of care,” he said ... Smith voted against ... for asphalt FOB and request permission to readvertise; • Accept checks from Keep America Beautiful and Keep Mississippi Beautiful in the amount of $283 and $500 respectively....

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Keep Duncanville Beautiful Volunteers Promote Cleaner City

Focus Daily News 29 Aug 2018

In order to keep their affiliation, seven KDB members attended a Keep America Beautiful workshop August 11 ... She discussed the new Keep America Beautiful Behavior Change System and explained strategies that get best results for the program. Other topics included Signature Keep America Beautiful Programs and Initiatives, Affiliation Reporting Requirements and Responsibilities, and Goal Setting and Visioning....

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Keep Hutto Beautiful hosts national planting day event

Taylor Press 29 Aug 2018

Each year Keep America Beautiful calls attention to the importance of native plants that attract pollinators through the celebration of National Planting Day ... Keep America Beautiful’s National Planting Day, a fall initiative of the Great American Cleanup, is a national call to action designed to mobilize Americans to support local ecosystems by planting native species....

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Community garden named award finalist

Mustang Times 29 Aug 2018

30, during Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s 28th annual celebration ... An affiliate of the national Keep America Beautiful effort, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful was created in 1965 to form a network aimed at beautifying and improving communities throughout the state in a variety of ways and incorporating programs like Great American Cleanup, lend-a-bin, litter and waste reduction education and fresh paint days, officials said....

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Melania Trump helps plant baby Eisenhower oak at White House

Rapid City Journal 28 Aug 2018

Mrs. Trump thanked the National Park Service for keeping the White House grounds in "beautiful shape and the whole of America in good shape." ... "It's a beautiful tree that we will plant today," she said before she and her two guests each used gold-toned shovels to toss scoops of dirt onto the sapling ... .......

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Melania Trump Helps Plant Eisenhower Oak Sapling at White House

Voa News 28 Aug 2018

Trump thanked the National Park Service for keeping the White House grounds in “beautiful shape and the whole of America in good shape.” She also wished the White House Historical Association “good luck” with its summit. “It's a beautiful tree that we will plant today,” she said before she and her two guests each used ......

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Move over, plastic straws: Cigarette butts are the real danger to our oceans

Metronews USA 27 Aug 2018

Plastic straws are (understandably) getting a bad rap these days. Starbucks and McDonald’s say they’re not going to use them anymore , while states like California are considering banning them altogether ... Why? It all comes down to how they're made. Are cigarette butts biodegradable? Not exactly ... They are just a marketing tool ... A study from Keep America Beautiful found that 77 percent of people don’t think of cigarette butts as litter ... .......

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East Side residents turn out to clean up park area today

The Vindicator 26 Aug 2018

YOUNGSTOWN. A mere matter of hours was all that was needed to transform a long-abandoned walkway from an overgrown, trash-strewn eyesore to an area that promises to be a green oasis. “This is something that had to be done; it couldn’t stay like this ... Greatly aiding in the seven-hour cleanup was a $20,000 Lowe’s and Keep America Beautiful Community Partner grant ... Angela Merici Roman Catholic Church ... ....

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Keep Kingsport Beautiful, city to target litter with $95K grant

Kingsport Times-News 24 Aug 2018

Keep Kingsport Beautiful, city to target litter with $95K grant ... Keep Kingsport Beautiful will use funds from the TDOT Special Litter Grant to conduct a concentrated anti-litter campaign featuring TDOT’s “Nobody Trashes Tennessee” message ... A volunteer-supported program, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Tennessee Beautiful, the program has won more than 70 national, state and environmental awards....

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Lowe's Champions Underserved Communities with Volunteers and Nearly $8 Million to Keep America Beautiful

Market Watch 23 Aug 2018

23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Keep America Beautiful's longtime partner Lowe's has donated an additional $1 million to the ... About Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful, the nation's iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment....

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Green Youngstown Receives $20,000 Grant from Lowe’s and Keep America Beautiful

The Vindicator 23 Aug 2018

YOUNGSTOWN. Green Youngstown today announced that Lowe’s has awarded a $20,000 Community Partners grant to beautify and improve the Lincoln Park walking path on Youngstown’s East Side ... Green Youngstown is partnering with the City of Youngstown Parks Department, St ... Lunch will be provided. All volunteers are welcome ... ....

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