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Tips for Waterways Cleanups AffiliateKTB Blog

Tips for Waterways Cleanups

Cleaning up waterways presents unique challenges and often requires extra preparation compared to other locations. Some of our affiliates have provided their tips and tricks to ensure a safe, smooth, and successful waterways cleanup. Choosing a Cleanup Location & Planning Ahead Do your due diligence ahead of time: learn how…
Corinne Pierce
June 2, 2023
Sustainable Practices: Composting KTB Blog

Sustainable Practices: Composting

by Rae Datt, KTB Spring 2023 Program Intern What is composting? Composting is a relatively undervalued sustainable practice that could be better implemented in both public and private sectors to divert waste. Composting takes food and other forms of biological waste and converts them into plant fertilizer to improve soil…
lara
April 24, 2023
2023 Don’t mess with Texas® Trash-off Events Adventist Spanish Church,DMWT Community Cleanup 2023 KHBKTB BlogPrograms

2023 Don’t mess with Texas® Trash-off Events

Keep Henderson Beautiful Great participation from the Henderson community! Several student organizations from the High School volunteered, and local civic clubs cleaned their Adopt-a-Highway sections. all photos c/o Leon Harris, Keep Henderson Beautiful Keep Weatherford Beautiful Keep Weatherford Beautiful's Don't mess With Texas® Trash-off event is a fun competition where…
lara
April 20, 2023
Women’s History Month: Sadie Ray Graff HistoryKTB BlogRecognition

Women’s History Month: Sadie Ray Graff

by Karla Camacho, KTB Communications Coordinator   In March, we celebrate Women’s History Month, recognizing the remarkable contributions that women have made to society, particularly in their local communities. The efforts of several intelligent and influential women have been instrumental in laying the foundation and promoting the development of Keep…
lara
March 27, 2023
EA Engineering, Winners of the 2022 Ebby Halliday & Maurice Acers Business Award KTB BlogRecognition

EA Engineering, Winners of the 2022 Ebby Halliday & Maurice Acers Business Award

By April Ballweg Celebrating 50 years of improving the environment, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA) is an employee-owned public benefit corporation that provides environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions to a wide range of public and private sector clients. Our company is committed…
lara
March 22, 2023
Keep Pearland Beautiful’s Youth Education Council, Winners of the 2022 Ruthe Jackson Youth Organization Award AffiliateKTB BlogRecognitionRecycling

Keep Pearland Beautiful’s Youth Education Council, Winners of the 2022 Ruthe Jackson Youth Organization Award

By Lenora Tollefson Keep Pearland Beautiful (KPB) is honored to have received The Ruthe Jackson Youth Organization award at the 2022 awards ceremony during the Keep Texas Beautiful Conference. KPB’s Youth Environmental Council (YEC) always strives to keep Pearland clean, green, and beautiful while planning their projects. Since its inception…
lara
March 17, 2023
Beautify Texas Awards: Angel Carter, the 2022 O. P. Schnabel Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Beautify Texas AwardsKTB Blog

Beautify Texas Awards: Angel Carter, the 2022 O. P. Schnabel Volunteer of the Year Award Winner

by Amanda Maron, Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful Coordinator The Fish Creek Cleanup Challenge was founded in 2019 because Angel Carter was motivated to "do something" about the litter accumulation along her beloved walking trail. The 7.3-mile Fish Creek Linear Trail overlooks Fish Creek along the entire route while crossing the…
lara
March 10, 2023
Beautify Texas Awards: The 2022 Ruthe Jackson Youth Individual Award – Caleb Harper Beautify Texas AwardsKTB Blog

Beautify Texas Awards: The 2022 Ruthe Jackson Youth Individual Award – Caleb Harper

Written by Ginger Gonzalez, Keep Ennis Beautiful ENNIS, TX - Keep Ennis Beautiful was established through an ordinance of the Ennis City Commission in February 2018 and became an official affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful in March 2019. As a new affiliate, our Board of Directors understood the value of…
lara
February 27, 2023
Yuengling x KTB Collaboration The Yuengling CompanyKTB Blog

Yuengling x KTB Collaboration

On February 25, 2023, The Yuengling Company will sponsor a cleanup event in Grand Prairie Join KTB, The Yuengling Company, and Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful to showcase the work of KTB and the nearly 300 affiliates across the state. We'll be volunteering to clean up Grand Prairie's exemplar park--Loyd Park…
lara
February 7, 2023
Planificación de un evento voluntario de limpieza de Jóvenes Embajadores de Tejas KTB Blog

Planificación de un evento voluntario de limpieza de Jóvenes Embajadores de Tejas

Escrito por Priscilla Villarreal, Joven Embajadora de Tejas LAREDO, TX - Planificar un evento no es tan fácil como parece, pero con la ayuda de Keep Texas Beautiful y Keep Laredo Beautiful, me sentí muy a gusto. Primero, hablé con el director de Keep Laredo Beautiful y le mencioné que…
lara
January 11, 2023
Keep Texas Recycling & HEB open recycling center in San Patricio County Group poses next to a adopt a highway sign for a Fall Sweep eventRecycling

Keep Texas Recycling & HEB open recycling center in San Patricio County

INGLESIDE, TX - The City of Ingleside hosted the grand opening of its new drop-off recycling center on July 7, 2022. The facility will be accessible to the 68,750-plus residents of San Patricio County and begin accepting recyclable materials at regular Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday hours, starting July 12th. Funded in…
keeptxbeauty
July 8, 2022