Why Become an Affiliate?

Programs

Resources

Metrics

Keep America Beautiful Programs

Litter Prevention Cigarette Litter Prevention Littering is Wrong, Too

Keep Lexington Beautiful

Cigarette Litter Prevention

$8,000 grants from Keep America Beautiful

Target: Hospitals, restaurants, golf course

Canisters, pocket ash trays, auto ash trays

60-80% reduction in cigarette litter

How has Keep America Beautiful helped?

Litter:Littering law changed

KLB sought change Option for civil or criminal citation 2012 General Assembly House Bill

63 Ordinance 146-2012

Keep America Beautiful Programs

Beautification Great American Cleanup

National Partners

Supplies Graffiti Hurts

Grants

Great American Cleanup 2013

48 events 3005 volunteers 7,202 pounds of litter collected 30.5 miles of streets, roads, cleaned 35 acres of parks cleaned

Keep America Beautiful Programs

Waste Reduction

America Recycles Day

IWanttobeRecycled

Recycle-Bowl

RecycleMania

Waste Reduction

2013 America Recycles Day paper shred event

570 cars, 27,000 pounds of paper shredded, recycled

1,100 pounds of cardboard collected

Waste Reduction-Recycle-Bowl 2013

19 Public/Private schools competed 4,180 pounds of aluminum cans collected National competition: Lexington schools

took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th place in Kentucky

Partners: KLB, Wise Recycling, Central KY Fiber, City of Lexington

Keep America Beautiful Resources

Grants Cigarette Litter Prevention Waste Management Think Green DOW Community Paint UPS Community Tree Planting Dr. Pepper/Snapple Public Park Recycling Bin Troy Bilt Taking Root Lowes Community Improvement

Lowes Community Improvement

Richmond Road Stream Project $20,000 grant in 2012: 84 tons of

honeysuckle, 1.5 tons of trash removed, 100 native trees, shrubs planted

2013: 40 volunteers removed .5 tons of trash, provided maintenance for trees & shrubs

2013 Richmond Road

Keep America Beautiful Resources

Information

KAB Affiliate Forums

Webinars

National Conference

Staff

Social Media, story telling

KAB Youth Council

Keep America Beautiful Resources

National Partners

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Lowes, DOW, GLAD, Phillips 66, Troy-Bilt, Waste Management, UPS, Altria, Alcoa, Dart, LG Electronics, Wrigley and more

Keep America Beautiful Metrics

Community Appearance Index Great American Cleanup Lowes Grant Survey Cigarette Litter Prevention Community Value-Annual Report

Community Value

2013 – 52 events Value of volunteers: $99,231.48

(Independent Sector) In-kind donations: $3,950 Private donations: $10,250 Government costs: $11,150 Cost-Benefit ratio: 10.18:1

Questions?