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Guest Blog: 4 Things to Know About Household Hazardous Waste Programs

Guest Blog: 4 Things to Know About Household Hazardous Waste

What exactly is Household Hazardous Waste? The Environmental Protection Agency considers HHW to be "leftover household products that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances, or that are corrosive or toxic as household hazardous waste." Products that may become HHW are often readily accessible and contain labels that…
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October 2, 2019
Guest Blog: Why Do the Data? How Cleanup Data are Used and How You Can do it with Clean Swell Programs

Guest Blog: Why Do the Data? How Cleanup Data are Used and How You Can do it with Clean Swell

Since around the time that "trash" became part of our daily lives and waste management became a necessity, cleanups to keep it out of the environment have also been happening. While we don't know who "started" the community, waterway or beach cleanup, Keep America Beautiful and Ocean Conservancy have certainly…
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October 1, 2019
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September 26, 2019
Cleanups of All Sizes Affiliate

Cleanups of All Sizes

KTB affiliates come in all shapes and sizes, but every community has the potential to gather volunteers and make a difference. In the past, we have registered events from as small as a family of four to as big as a city with over 1,000 volunteers. No matter what size…
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September 25, 2019
Affiliate of the Month: Earth Day Mansfield Brings Green Family-friendly Fun Affiliate

Affiliate of the Month: Earth Day Mansfield Brings Green Family-friendly Fun

Every April, the City of Mansfield plans a full slate of events to offer residents the opportunity to not only clean up around their homes and beautiful their community, but also to celebrate, protect and conserve our environment and natural resources.These events include the city's bi-annual Chunk Your Junk &…
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September 9, 2019
The Future of Texas Water Programs

The Future of Texas Water

Water conservation is an issue thought about frequently by most Texans, but the exact reasons for why it is needed are not often understood. Texas is a state that will almost certainly face water availability issues in the near future, and increased water conservation will almost certainly be required to…
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September 5, 2019
Guest Blog: Video Contest Helps Teens Learn About the Environment Programs

Guest Blog: Video Contest Helps Teens Learn About the Environment

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, environmental education helps people develop a deeper understanding of environmental issues and learn the skills to make informed and responsible decisions. It also teaches people to weigh various sides of an issue through critical thinking and strengthens skills in problem-solving and decision-making. Through this…
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August 19, 2019
Keep Smithville Beautiful – Murals, Murals, Everywhere – And Other Projects, Too! Affiliate

Keep Smithville Beautiful – Murals, Murals, Everywhere – And Other Projects, Too!

Michael W. Hall at the installation of “Steam” – an abstract inspired by the railroad, the Colorado River, and the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department. Photo by Clover Cochran. Smithville is a small, rural town in Central Texas with a population arguably at about 4,000 people. Keep Smithville Beautiful (KSB) is…
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August 8, 2019
Scenic Cities 2019 Affiliate

Scenic Cities 2019

This month, 21 Texas municipalities earned official Scenic City certification through the Scenic City Certification Program, a project of Scenic Texas, Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), and 16 statewide program partner organizations. These municipalities have demonstrated their commitment to enact high-quality scenic standards for public roadways and public spaces that improve…
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July 23, 2019
Staff Blog: Carbon Offsets – What Are They And How Can We Help Reduce Our Footprint? Programs

Staff Blog: Carbon Offsets – What Are They And How Can We Help Reduce Our Footprint?

In the world of environmentalism, many hear buzz-words like "zero-waste" and "trash-free," but aren't really sure what the impact of these causes or actions are. We'll be unpacking some of this terminology on our blog and helping every-day humans, just like you, learn how you can positively create change in…
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July 11, 2019
Affiliate of the Month: Helping to Keep Angelina County Beautiful is As Easy As AB/C Affiliate

Affiliate of the Month: Helping to Keep Angelina County Beautiful is As Easy As AB/C

Working in Angelina County since 1984, Angelina Beautiful/Clean (AB/C) has a mission to educate and empower East Texans to take responsibility for enhancing their community environment and serves Angelina County and the surrounding area to help make it a cleaner, greener place to live, work and play. AB/C cultivates programs,…
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July 9, 2019