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Littering is Wrong Too to be at Fountain Square

July 23rd: Indie Concert, Fountain Square. KCB will be at Fountain Square on Friday, July 23rd from 6-8 PM, sharing information about the Littering is…

Littering is Wrong Too goes to Party in the Park!

July 21st: Party in the Park, Yeatman's Cove. KCB will be at Party in the Park, down on the riverfront, July 21st to help promote…

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Littering Prevention campaign up and running

July 20th. New anti-littering campaign asks for 'jerky behavior'. To read more click here

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Local Volunteers Protect the Community and the Environment all at Once

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Linda Holterhoff 513-607-2196
Josman Rodriguez 513-258-9448

Recycling bins and safety kits distributed to Evanston residents

(CINCINNATI, OH) November 7^th, 2008. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Cincinnati Police Department, Evanston Community Council and Xavier University students distributed 100 recycling bins and 1,000 Safety Kits home-by-home in Evanston during the past month.

Xavier University students decided to help out their neighbors through their ConneXions program. This program allows Freshman and Sophomore students to volunteer and learn from several local non-for-profit organizations, such as Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, for two hours every week. Several local groups made this recycling effort possible: Rumpke provided the recycling bins, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful put together safety kits including CFL light bulbs, Cincinnati Police Department helped with the logistics and Evanston Community Council distributed the bins permanently.

So far, the City of Cincinnati has more than doubled the amount of bins delivered compared to last year (5,400 vs. 2,200). Actions like this have resulted in an increased tonnage of recycled materials saving landfill space and decreasing the dollars that our city has to pay for the management of its trash.

edited by Meg Hassey

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