that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one with far reaching effects.

Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.

The diverse American landscape consists of many different "community environments," each with their own interconnected needs and challenges. With a national network of nearly 1000 local affiliates and participating organizations, we combine education with hands-on stewardship to address the needs of communities on an intensely local and effective level.

KAB Partners with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Little Green Books. New children’s book line teaches kids about the environment and how they can protect it. More> KAB  Announces Results of Annual Great American Cleanup Effort.  Recycling, litter removal and beautification efforts continue to keep America clean and green. More>   MORE NATIONAL NEWS >>

2008-12-29 KRNV CBS-4 Reno non-profit offers Christmas tree recycling Posted: Updated: Local News More Now that Christmas is wrapped up, viewers and readers may be wondering about what to do with the evergreen in their living... 2008-12-29 News Channel 3 Keep Beautiful efforts work, state panelist says VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) - The incoming vice chairman of a state agency set up to beautify Arkansas says an affiliated program in his hometown of Van Buren has drastically reduced the amount of litter in that... 2008-12-28 Newschief.com Green has meaning after Christmas, too Each year, people see it in their homes: The holiday aftermath. There are piles of crumpled wrapping paper in the living room and a dried-out Christmas tree waiting for the trash... 2008-12-28 Islandpacket.com Find out where you can recycle your Christmas tree Keep Beaufort County Beautiful coordinator Veronica Miller is asking residents to recycle their Christmas trees this year instead of dumping them into the... 2008-12-28 NewsJournal.com 2008-12-28 Herald Tribune.com Keep Manatee Beautiful earns national recognition Keep Manatee Beautiful has received the Keep America Beautiful President's Circle Recognition Award for the fifth time since the award's inception in... 2008-12-28 The Journal-Standard Let your Christmas tree go home again! Loves Park, Ill. - Lori Gummow is a woman on a mission. She wants everyone to know that Christmas trees have a lot more to give after the holiday season is over namely, good rich... 2008-12-27 ajc.com WHERE TO TOSS THE TREE Below is a list of sites where you can drop off your Christmas tree. In addition, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 3, about 50 Home Depots in metro Atlanta will accept... 2008-12-27 JacksonSun.com Christmas trees accepted for recycling Keep Jackson Beautiful is accepting Christmas trees for its annual recycling project, Chipping of the Green. There are designated tree drop-off locations in North and South Jackson, according to a news release from Keep Jackson Beautiful. 2008-12-27 WSAV.com Recycle Your Christmas Tree, Get Mulch in Return In the Lowcountry, recycling your tree is quite convenient and even better: you get something in return. Keep Beaufort County Beautiful sponsors the Grinding of the Greens each... 2008-12-27 Jacksonville.com (AP) Put tree to use as holidays end State agencies recycle Christmas leftovers to help the... 2008-12-27 Press Register Keep Mobile Beautiful to recycle Christmas trees Staff Reporter Christmas trees will once again be recycled into mulch this year for local gardeners, freeing landfill space and city workers who would otherwise have to collect them... 2008-12-27 IndyStar.com You have green light to make life better Here are some resolutions we can make to green up our lives in 2009. Give by volunteering to beautify a public garden or to teach others about... 2008-12-27 WTVM ABC-9 Keep Columbus Beautiful tree recycling program Updated: COLUMBUS, GA - Bring One for the Chipper Christmas Tree Collection event. December 24, 2008 - January 3, 2009 Shirley Winston Park Steam Mill Road Columbus, GA 31907 Dinglewood Park 13th Street Columbus, GA 31901 Cooper Creek Park Milgen Road Columbus, GA 31907 Britt David Park Britt David... 2008-12-27 HCN Online Bellaire tree-cycling underway Bellaire residents wanting to recycle their trees can bring them to the Public Works Service Center, 4337 Edith St., starting Saturday and running through... 2008-12-27 TheTownTalk.com Recycled Christmas trees to benefit Kincaid Lake Christmas is gone and Garet Voorhies' pine tree is down. Lights have been removed, decorations boxed for next year and the pine scent that filled every corner of his home cheering up the holiday has... 2008-12-27 WIS 10 2008-2009 'Grinding of the Greens' drop-off locations COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Keep the Midlands Beautiful encourages Midlands residents to recycle their Christmas trees from Friday, December 26 to Saturday, January 9 through the annual Grinding of the Greens... 2008-12-26 Channel 7 abc Give a tree, help a beach PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- The holiday spirit will be a big help this year on the road to recovery. Some counties are bringing in used Christmas trees to help rebuild a hurricane defense along the... 2008-12-26 Gaston Gazette How to throw away that Christmas tree the right way Even after the needles of that evergreen tree have started to fall, a Christmas tree can still be beneficial if recycled. Gastonia residents can put the Christmas tree out on the curb starting... 2008-12-26 ajc.com Where to take your tree for recycling WHERE TO GET YOUR TREE RECYCLED Below is a list of sites where you can drop off your Christmas tree. In addition, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 3, about 50 Home Depots in metro Atlanta will accept... 2008-12-26 Environmental Protection Clean-up Campaign Sets Record for Greening Keep America Beautiful announces that the Great American Cleanup, the organization's annual campaign to clean up and green-up thousands of communities in all 50 states, resulted in a record 48,000-plus gardens, green spaces and xeriscapes created in... 2008-12-26 Odessa American Online Tree recycling When you start taking down the Christmas tree this weekend, Keep Odessa Beautiful and the Girl Scouts want you to remember recycling. The Odessa Recycle Time Machine will process this year's used Christmas trees through New Year's Day, and the Permian Basin Girl Scouts chapter is gearing up to... 2008-12-26 JacksonSun.com 'Chipping of the Green' is here again Keep Jackson Beautiful will accept Christmas trees beginning today for its annual recycling project, Chipping of the Green. There are designated tree drop-off locations in North and South Jackson, according to a news release from Keep Jackson Beautiful. 2008-12-26 ENCToday.com Many holiday leftovers can be easily recycled Here's where you can drop off items for recycling in Onslow County: Onslow County Landfill 415 Meadowview Road Jacksonville 910-455-1736 Mon-Sat 6:30... 2008-12-26 Times Record Anti-Litter Effort Eyes Fort Smith The newly elected vice chairman of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission in Little Rock hopes to help bring Fort Smith officially on board as an affiliate of the anti-litter... 2008-12-26 Gaston Gazette Beautification group joins NC Pat Johnson with Keep Gastonia Beautiful, has been elected to serve as the affiliate representative on the state North Carolina Keep America Beautiful Board of... 2008-12-26 Islandpacket.com Christmas tree recycling starts Keep Beaufort County Beautiful coordinator Veronica Miller is asking residents to recycle their Christmas trees instead of dumping them into the... 2008-12-26 Oanow.com Bud Flora passes away at 78 Longtime Opelika resident and former Auburn University employee Curtis Bud Flora known as Mr. Bud by those who worked and shopped at the AU Bookstore passed away on Christmas... 2008-12-26 Bainbridgega.com Bring One To The Chipper Jan 3 On January 3rd, 2009, City of Bainbridge, in conjunction with Keep Decatur County Beautiful, will offer citizens of Decatur County the opportunity to recycle their used Christmas trees in the annual Bring One for the Chipper ... 2008-12-25 KCBD NewsChannel 11 Christmas tree recycling to begin RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - Christmas tree recycling will start in Rio Rancho tomorrow. The city says the program, a joint effort by PNM and the city's Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful Division, will run through January... 2008-12-25 KOAT.com City, PNM Offer Free Christmas Tree Recycling The City of Albuquerque and PNM are offering free Christmas tree recycling starting Jan. 2. PNM Vegetation Management crews and City of Albuquerque Solid Waste and Parks Department staff will ground the trees into chips, which can then be used as mulch to provide a better growing environment for plants in... 2008-12-25 Forsythnews.com Trimming the tree after Christmas Recycling effort to get under way Government Reporter While that Christmas tree in the living room may seem a beacon of holiday cheer this morning, tomorrow it could simply take up... 2008-12-25 Times-Picayune Beautification group meets in LaPlace Keep St. John Beautiful continues to promote anti-littering and beautification of the community. The committee recently held a quarterly meeting at Pedro's Restaurant in... 2008-12-25 Ouachita Citizen Keep Ouachita Beautiful garners national recognition Keep Ouachita Beautiful recently was honored with an award in Washington, D.C. for its efforts to improve Ouachita Parish's image. Diane Cook with Keep Ouachita Parish Beautiful said the award was given for the group's Water Sweep project where volunteers picked up about six tons of trash in... 2008-12-25 My Fox Gulf Coast The City of Mobile wants you to recycle Catherine DuBose Photojournalist Jason Caldwell MOBILE, Ala.- - The hustle and bustle of Christmas morning is over, now we are left with all the... 2008-12-25 Times-Picayune Slidell subdivision starts up recycling Bon Village subdivision in Slidell recently launched a pilot program through the neighborhood's homeowners association in an effort to follow the three R's of green living: reduce, reuse and... 2008-12-24 Las Cruces Sun News Litter-fighting program looking for volunteers LAS CRUCES Keep Las Cruces Beautiful is working with local schools, businesses and community organizations on a new initiative that aims to rid the city of... 2008-12-24 Texarkana Gazette Christmas tree recycling available at several locations Texarkana area residents needing to dispose of their live Christmas trees after the holidays may recycle them for free between Dec. 26 and Jan. 6. Girl Scouts of America and the Keep Texarkana Beautiful coalition are teaming up to recycle the trees at the Texarkana Water Utilities compost... 2008-12-24 BcrNews.com Keeping Christmas green And so Christmas is here. As you sit in your easy chair this afternoon, exhausted from the frenzy of the season and full to groaning from the traditional Christmas meal, there is likely one thought on many Bureau County residents minds: So when can I throw out this poinsettia? Christmas plants, crimson... 2008-12-24 The Newport Plain Talk Remember to recycle at Christmas Members of Keep Cocke County Beautiful and RID remind Cocke County residents to recycle this Christmas. Christmas wrapping, paper, cardboard boxes and Christmas trees can all be recycled to lessen the amount of trash deposited in the...

Great American Cleanup Launches in Sacramento Keep California Beautiful brought together executives from the government, nonprofit and private sectors together to launch the national Great American Cleanup™ campaign. Read More > Philly Spring Cleanup Record-Setting Keep America Beautiful President & CEO Matt McKenna (left) shakes hands with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter during the Philly Spring Cleanup, part of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup. The Philly Spring Cleanup has been recognized as the largest single-day, citywide cleanup on record. Read More >   New York City Kicks Off Great American Cleanup in Times Square Katie Loovis (left), director of external affairs U.S. Department of the Interior and executive director of Take Pride in America, and NYC Commissioner of Sanitation John Doherty present a President's Volunteer Service Award to Malinda Futrell (center) during the kickoff of the Keep New York City Beautiful Coalition's Great American Cleanup. Read More >

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