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Sustainability In Action

Our newest program, Sustainability In Action, is off to a good start. Aimed at helping schools reduce waste, energy, and water consumption through recycling, composting, and other initiatives identified by Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), six pilot schools will receive a sustainability coordinator to assist students and faculty with the implementation of “green� practices throughout the remainder of the school year. This program is made possible due to support from Procter & Gamble, Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste, and the City of Cincinnati’s Office of Environmental Quality. Catch a glimpse of this new program by clicking here.

Over 25,000 Pounds Recycled

On America Recycles Day, 2TRG collected more than 25,000 pounds of e-waste during our One Stop Drop event at Whole Foods. We also collected 150 cell phones and chargers, thousands of plastic bags and number 5 plastic containers, and at least 500 used pens and markers. Special thanks to 2TRG, Whole Foods, the Cincinnati Zoo, Terracycle, Preserve, Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste, the Office of Environmental Quality, Valvoline, and Rumpke Recycling!

Did you know?

KCB recently received 2nd Place in Keep America Beautiful's Annual Affiliate Awards! Congratulations to all of the other award-winning affiliates, and many thanks to the volunteers and sponsors that make it happen!

New Downtown Drop Off Location

If you can't make it to Rookwood Commons next Tuesday for the "One Stop Drop", perhaps you can come to our second drop off location at Park + Vine! You can now recycle e-waste, cell phones, old pens, and more at Park + Vine, located at 1202 Main Street, from 10AM - 3PM on Tuesday, November 15! For more information, call (513) 352-4385.

Bring us your old pens!

We are now collecting used pens, markers, sharpies, and dry erase markers for recycling! KCB is part of a new Terracycle brigade and will receive $0.02 for every writing instrument collected! These materials will be diverted from the landfill and upcycled into new office products. A collection box is in our office or call Brooke at (513) 352-4385 to arrange a pick up for large amounts.

Volunteers Beautify a Vacant Lot in OTR

Check out our latest volunteer project near Findlay Market. Perfetti Van Melle donated time and materials to enhance a vacant lot and several abandoned buildings in the vicinity. Click here to watch a brief video montage!

Sign up for Make A Difference Day

Join the fall cleanup effort in your community on Saturday, October 22! Find a project or host your own. Click here for more information.

Littering Is Wrong Too received 2 Silver Anvil Awards

The Silver Anvil is PR’s highest honor and is seen as the “Oscar� of PR campaigns. Rob Wallace, KAB's Communications Director, was on hand to accept the awards at a ceremony held in New York last week. KAB also received an "Award of Commendation" for the campaign in the "word of mouth" category. Special thanks to all who were involved in making the Cincinnati pilot such a success!

Green Tip of the Week

We have established a new blog to give Greater Cincinnati residents current information and access to resources regarding environmental issues in our city. A Green Tip of the Week will be featured on 89.7 WNKU every Wednesday at 7:20 AM and following the broadcast, we will post the latest Green Tip of the Week on our blog. Click here to read our first Tip!

Special Yard Waste Collection Week Scheduled

Special one-time yard waste collection for Cincinnati residents May 9 - 13, 2011! Bundle brush and branches no larger than 4' x 2', no tree limbs larger than 6" in diameter, put leaves and lawn clippings in bag or can, and when possible, consider composting! Visit 5916000.com for more info!

Hamilton County Yard Waste Drop Off Opens

The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District’s (District) free yardwaste drop-off sites open on Saturday, March 26th. This program is for Hamilton County residents only. Residents who drop-off yardwaste must bring proof of residency, such as a driver’s license or utility bill. Landscapers and commercial establishments are NOT eligible to participate in this program. View the press release for more information.

Revised Recycling Ordinance

To download a PDF of modified City Ordinance No. 46, please click here.

Voting is closed!

Voting for the 2011 State Roadway Cleanup locations is closed. Sign up to volunteer on Saturday, March 26 to receive a free ticket to the Cincinnati Zoo!

Submit your pick for the Dirtiest Highway Ramp

We're going to clean the Top 10 during the State Roadway Cleanup, so submit your pick today and sign up to volunteer here!

Cincinnati Suspends Yard Waste Collection

Beginning January 17, 2011, yard waste will no longer be collected as a separate service. For more information, click here.

RECYCLE YOUR E-WASTE...

...on January 15th at Whole Foods. Click for more details.

Hamilton County Yard Waste Drop Off January Dates & Times

The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District’s (District) yardwaste recycling drop-off sites will be open Saturday, January 8th and Saturday, January 15th from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to collect Christmas trees and other yardwaste. These sites are available to Hamilton County residents only. Commercial businesses and landscapers are not eligible to participate in this program. The yardwaste recycling drop-off sites are at the following locations: East Site: Bzak Landscaping, 3295 Turpin Lane (off Rt. 32) in Anderson Township West Site: Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridgetown Road in Green Township North Site: Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, 3800 Struble Road in Colerain Township The drop-off sites accept items such as Christmas trees, leaves, grass clippings, brush, garden waste, tree trunks, and prunings from trees or shrubs. To learn more about how to manage your yardwaste at home, call the Yardwaste & Composting Hotline at 946-7755 or visit their website at www.hamiltoncountyrecycles.org.

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December e-Newsletter

The latest on community improvement in Cincinnati! View the e-Newsletter here.

Litter Prevention Pilot Campaign is Successful

The three-month “Littering Is Wrong Too� pilot campaign earned positive results and feedback. Now, Keep America Beautiful is taking the program to the next level. Read all about it in the press release!

"Bin It 2 Win It" Kicks Off

In honor of America Recycles Day, KCB and Sunny Delight Beverages Co. celebrated the start of the recycling challenge, "Bin It 2 Win It!" Seven Cincinnati schools are receiving single stream recycling dumpsters in order to participate in the contest. Read the Press Release

KCB takes First Place !

Keep America Beautiful recently voted Keep Cincinnati Beautiful its First Place Affiliate in the category of previously recognized affiliates with a population size of more than 200,000. We would like to thank all of our volunteers, sponsors, donors, board members, and staff for their hard work and dedication!!!

Hamilton County Greening Your Home Series

The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District (District) is offering a free Greening Your Home Speaker Series, featuring a variety of local experts sharing their knowledge about composting, energy efficiency and recycling. Click here for dates and information.

Littering Prevention campaign up and running

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

Summer 2010 Newsletter!

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GE Volunteers cleanup Avondale Dump Site

June 9th. 90 Volunteer cleared up a dump site in Avondale. To read more click here

Ghost Hunters cleanup Wesleyan cemetery

May 22nd. Volunteers from the N. E. Ghost Society cleaned up and helped landscaping a cemetery in Nortside. To read more click here

Great American Cleanup Tackles 100 Communities

April 24th. 7,000 volunteers from 72 Greater Cincinnati communities and 30 schools collected 165,000 pounds of litter, 10,000 pounds of recyclables and 971 tires today during the 2010 Great American Cleanup. 15 events were postponed for a future date. To read more click here

Future Blooms Paints the Town

(SOAPBOX). April 20th. Future Blooms brings hope and color to the boarded up buildings in Cincinnati neighborhoods. To read more click here

KCB/ODOT to tackle dirtiest Highway Exit In The Tri-State

(Cincinnati) March 8th. KCB and ODOT will clean the Ten Dirtiest entry exits that YOU CHOOSE in Cincinnati ... more

KCB and Disney: Give a Day - Get a Day

(Cincinnati) Feb. 25: Volunteering just got more fun! In 2010 you can volunteer for the Great American Cleanup, State Roadway Cleanup or Growing Green Habits and you will receive one day in the most magical place in the world: Disney! more

Cincinnati Fashion Week is much more than fashion

(Cincinnati) Feb 12th. Nathan Hurst, Cincinnati Fashion Week creative force, gives back to the community... more

Volunteer of The Month

(Amberley Village) Feb 5th. Matthew Heldman received a proclamation from Mayor Kamine at the Council meeting in recognition for the assistance that he provided as an e-waste recycling volunteer for the Village during the Arbor Day celebration.... more

Cincinnati Fashion Week to add style and beauty to GAC 2010

(SOAPBOX) Jan 26th. Local fashion designer maps out Fashion for a Cause with 1st Cincinnati Fashion Week. Nathan Hurst is a self-taught fashion designer who did three local shows before making his national debut at the 2009 'Hip-Hop Meets Couture' annual fashion show in San Francisco... more

Future Blooms remaking 100's of depressed buildings

(SOAPBOX) Jan 26th. In fall 2009, city leaders and members of the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation, the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, and Fifth-Third Bank Trustees stood with individuals from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful to kick off the Future Blooms Project. more

The Wizard visits Madisonville Kids

(Cincinnati) Jan 12th. On Tuesday KCB brought its litter prevention show "The Wartville Wizard" to John P. Parker Elementary in Madisonville. Now on its 7th season, this play tells the story of a Wizard and its efforts to clean up his town. more

Whole Foods Succesful E-cycling even

(Cincinnati) Jan 9. This past Saturday Whole Foods put together an electronic recycling event at its Rockwood Commons store. From 10:00am to 3:00pm local residents dropped their old scanners, computers, laptops, stereos, speakers, monitors and more. This kind of "trash" harms the environment and citizens due to the heavy metals they contain. Whole Foods has hired an expert team to disassemble this electronics, scrub hard disks included, and reuse the materials. more

KAB Announces Results of Nation's Largest Study of Litter

(Washington, DC) Dec 3rd, 2009. National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful has announced the results of the largest litter study ever conducted in the U.S. The study identifies and dissects the causes, effects and costs of litter in America, and is the first major national survey of litter in the U.S. in 40 years. more

Cincinnati Wins $5,000 Recycling Video Award

(Cincinnati) Nov 16th. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) announced that Cincinnati, Ohio is the winner of the first Cans for Cash: American Recycler Video Award. The city of Cincinnati will receive a grand prize of $5,000 to enhance local recycling efforts. YouTube Video

Procter & Gamble Group Cleanup in Eden Park

(Cincinnati) Sept 18. Procter & Gamble’s One Hair Marketing group volunteers cleaned up and beautified Presidential Grove in Eden Park. Photos

Celebrating 20 Years of Recycling

(CINCINNATI,OH) August 27, 2009. On Monday, August 17, 2009 Keep Cincinnati Beautiful celebrated the 20th Anniversary of curbside recycling in Cincinnati. In 1989, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful partnered with the City of Cincinnati to develop a recycling service for its residents. Cincinnati’s curbside program was the largest in the Midwest and offered the service to every community in the city. Experts said it couldn’t be done in an urban area, but 20 years and 250,000 tons of recyclables later, Cincinnati has proved them wrong. more

Elementary Students Receive 'Green' Award

(Cincinnati) June 1st, 2009. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful and Rumpke presented awards to the winners of The 3 R's Challenge. This was a city-wide contest that challenged students to put the 3R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) into action. Local schools/students chose one of the 3R’s to work on throughout the month of April and submitted the final summary of their challenge. more

St. Teresa of Avila Students Receive Award

(Cincinnati) May 27, 2009. St. Teresa of Avila Elementary students received a First Prize award from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful at their campus this Thursday May 28th. These ‘Energy Detectives” embarked on a two month campaign to analyze and eventually reduce the use of lighting in the school to conserve energy and natural resources. more

Great American Cleanup is a Success

(CINCINNATI ,OH) April 25th, 2009. Thousands of people rolled up their sleeves and got to work across the Tri-State as they gave their neighborhoods a makeover. It was all part of the Great American Cleanup. Organizers said that more than 6,500 people from 90 communities collected 300,000 pounds of litter, 25,000 pounds of recyclables and 1,100 tires during the event. more

KCB Speaks Up against litter on channel 12

(CINCINNATI ,OH) January 13, 2009. The folks from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful picked up the equivalent of 400 ten point bags last March just on Western Avenue and 6th Street. The non profit organization has a plan for a bigger city clean up but many highways may be budget victims. more

Sts. Peter and Paul Academy wins National Recycling Award

(CINCINNATI ,OH) December 15, 2008. Sts. Peter and Paul Academy in Reading recently took first place in the Cincinnati area and 51st place in the country in a nationwide plastic recycling contest sponsored by Keep America Beautiful and, on a local level, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. more

Recycling bins and safety kits distributed in Evanston

(CINCINNATI, OH) November 7th, 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. more

Volunteer help adds to city's beauty

(CINCINNATI, OH) November 3rd, 2008. 1,200 volunteers from 28 Greater Cincinnati communities clocked in 3,500 hours of work, collected 25,200 pounds of trash (including 152 tires, 15 mattresses, 2 stoves, 20 kitchen cabinets), planted 14,810 daffodil bulbs, 3,150 daylilies and spread 210 cubic yards of mulch during Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’s Make A Difference Day... and Riverside is still trying to figure out how to carry 6 mattresses out of their ravine. For more info visit Make A Difference Day

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