Keep Akron Beautiful

KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATED OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS YEAR, BRINGING OUT THE BEST OF WHAT AKRON HAS TO OFFER THROUGH LITTER CLEANUP & REDUCTION, BEAUTIFICATION & COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT FOR A LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR REGION. AS AKRON'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ADVOCATE, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL ACTS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYST, AWAKENING PASSION AND INSPIRING ACTION, EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND BEAUTY OF OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE PASSION IN ACTION. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT SAME PASSION BY BECOMING PART OF OUR DYNAMIC SOLUTION, LIKE OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE INSPIRED TO HELP CLEAN UP LITTER IN AKRON, EVERY SPRING

LITTER CONTROL, GRAFFITI ERADICATION AND ILLEGAL DUMPING REMOVAL AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2021, 2,959 BAGS OF LITTER WERE REMOVED FROM CITY STREETS, EXPRESSWAYS, PARKS, AND ROADSIDES, 54 ILLEGAL DUMPS WERE REMEDIATED, AND 19 GRAFFITI SITES WERE ABATED. KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL TAKES PRIDE IN KNOWING THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MAYBE YOU NOTICED AKRON IS DIRTIER THAN EVER, THIS YEAR. DID YOU KNOW KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL IS THE ONLY ENTITY IN AKRON FOCUSED ON PICKING UP LITTER? WE ARE SHORT STAFFED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE- AND COULD USE HELP WITH VOLUNTEER LITTER CLEANUPS. EVERY YEAR, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL LOANS OUT OUR COMMUNITY PRIDE TRAILER & LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMP CLEANUP TRAILER TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALIKE. THROUGH VARIOUS DONATIONS TO THE PROGRAM, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP NEIGHBORS REMOVE LITTER, PLANT FLOWERS, AND INSTALL PLAYGROUNDS. DURING CLEAN UP AKRON THIS SPRING, 700 VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 500 BAGS OF LITTER FROM PUBLIC LAND- JUST OVER 3.15 TONS, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE WEIGHT OF A WHITE RHINOCEROS RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR TWELVE WEEKS, THIS SUMMER, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL WORKED ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF AKRON SANITATION & RECYCLING DIVISION AS PART OF THE GRANT-FUNDED RECYCLING CAMPAIGN: RECYCLE RIGHT. IN 2019, OUR CONTAMINATION RATE WAS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH OF 39%, REDUCED NOW TO 20%, IN 2021, WE ARE HELPING TO KEEP FOOD, LIQUID, AND PLASTIC BAGS OUT OF AKRON'S CURBSIDE CARTS. HELPING CHILDREN TO ADOPT "GREEN" HABITS AT A YOUNGER AGE IS AN INVESTMENT THEY WILL PASS ONTO THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS. OUR RECYCLING INSPECTORS HELPED REDUCE CONTAMINATION THIS SUMMER BY CHECKING AKRON'S RECYCLING BINS. URBAN BEAUTIFICATION IN 2021, THE FLOWERSCAPE CREW PLANTED 10,000 PLANTS AT 19 SITES IN PARKS, BOULEVARDS AND ON TRAFFIC ISLANDS WHICH ARE IN SEASON FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR ADDITIONALLY, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL VOLUNTEERS ADOPTED 54 VOLUNTEER ADOPT-A-SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.