Keep America Beautiful Inc

KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INSPIRES AND EDUCATES PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY THAT IMPROVES AND BEAUTIFIES THEIR COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENT.

CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM - THE CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM (CLPP) IS ONE OF KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL'S SIGNATURE NATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES FOR REDUCING CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2002, THIS SIGNATURE PROGRAM HAS CONSISTENTLY CUT CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER BY APPROXIMATELY HALF BASED ON LOCAL MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS AFTER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. EACH YEAR, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS CLPP GRANTS TO ITS AFFILIATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATIONS, PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LITTER AND BEAUTIFYING THEIR COMMUNITIES. SURVEY RESULTS ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT AS COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE PROGRAM THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE SUSTAINED OR EVEN INCREASED OVER TIME. KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $4 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO 1,850 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. TO SUPPORT LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM. THE CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM - THE CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM (CLPP) IS ONE OF KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL'S SIGNATURE NATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES FOR REDUCING CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT OVER 18 YEARS AGO, THIS SIGNATURE PROGRAM HAS CONSISTENTLY CUT CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER BY APPROXIMATELY HALF BASED ON LOCAL MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS AFTER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. EACH YEAR, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS CLPP GRANTS TO ITS AFFILIATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATIONS, PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LITTER AND BEAUTIFYING THEIR COMMUNITIES. SURVEY RESULTS ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT AS COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE PROGRAM THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE SUSTAINED OR EVEN INCREASED OVER TIME. KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $3 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM IN MORE THAN 1,800 COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.

ALL OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OUR LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS ABOUT LITTER PREVENTION AND WAYS TO REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, AND PROPERLY MANAGE WASTE MATERIALS.RETREET: WORKING TOGETHER, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AND RETREET FOCUS ON A NEW KAB STRATEGIC PRIORITY: COMMUNITY RESTORATION AND RESILIENCY. WE BRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER TO FORM SMALL TEAMS, TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO EFFECTIVE PLANT NATIVE TREES, AND WORK TO PLANT THESE TREES IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. REPLANTING AND RESTORING OUR COMMUNITIES HELP KEEP THEM HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT, LITERALLY GROWING DEEP ROOTS TO ANCHOR AND STABILIZE FLOOD-PRONE AREAS, LESSEN EROSION, AND IMPROVE NATURAL RESILIENCY.NATIONAL CONFERENCE: THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS A LEARNING AND SHARING GATHERING OPEN TO OUR 700 AFFILIATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND AS WELL AS THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. BEST PRACTICES ARE SHARED, SECTOR INNOVATION IS EXPLORED AND COHORTS FACING SIMILAR CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE, EFFICIENCY AND EXPERTISE OF THE NETWORK.

GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP: IS THE NATION'S LARGEST ANNUAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INVITING CITIZENS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY TO CLEANUP FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING TO THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER. IN 2022, OUR NETWORK CONNECTED 1 MILLION VOLUNTEER HOURS TO PROJECTS IN THEIR TOWNS COLLECTING MORE THAN 14 MILLION POUNDS OF LITTER AND DEBRIS, 7 MILLION POUNDS OF RECYCLABLES COVERING 30,000 ACRES OF PARKS AND TRAILS, 3,900 MILES OF WATERWAYS AND 29,500 MILES OF ROADS. WE PLANTED MORE THAN 700,000 PLANTS, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS AND 8,500 TREES IN JUST THOSE 100 DAYS. GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENTS TO REFLECT COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND SUPPORTED WITH RESOURCES FROM KAB.

PUBLIC SPACE RECYCLING PROGRAM - KAB'S PUBLIC SPACE RECYCLING PROGRAM PROVIDES PUBLIC SPACE RECYCLING COLLECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF RECYCLING COLLECTION BINS AND TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL MARKETING ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE RECYCLING ON-THE-GO AND AWAY FROM HOME. TARGETING THE ONE-THIRD OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONSUMED ON THE GO, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND NONPROFITS TO PLACE RECOGNIZABLE RECYCLING COLLECTION CONTAINERS IN PUBLIC SPACES TO PROMOTE CONSISTENT CONSUMER RECYCLING HABITS.