Spring Great American Cleanup
Great American Cleanup in Arkansas
Every March through May, it's Time to Shine Arkansas during the spring Great American Cleanup™ in Arkansas!
Each year, thousands of Arkansans improve the quality of life in their communities by volunteering in the national Keep America Beautiful® Great American Cleanup™ in Arkansas. This spring cleanup campaign is coordinated and promoted statewide by Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission (KAB), a Keep America Beautiful certified affiliate, and will begin March 1 and run through May 31.
All communities across the state are encouraged to become involved in this annual community cleanup effort. Those interested in organizing a Great American Cleanup event in your community, download the coordinator materials below.
Once a community signs on to host a Great American Cleanup in Arkansas event, KAB will work with that community to organize and publicize the effort. KAB will provide volunteers with GLAD® trash bags, gloves, safety vests and T-shirts. Great American Cleanup volunteers will also be registered to win prizes. Promotional materials available to communities include banners, posters, volunteer stickers and brochures. The KAB Facebook page and website are also available to coordinators to promote their events.
During last year's Great American Cleanup in Arkansas, more than 17,000 individuals volunteered more than 45,000 hours in communities across the state. The community improvement effort involved 207 events, with volunteers picking up 1.2 million pounds of litter from 1,686 miles of roadway, trails and shorelines, and 631 acres of parks and public areas; closing 22 illegal dumping sites; disposing of 16 junk cars; and improving 74 playgrounds.
Arkansans also recycled 192,213 pounds of newspapers, 1,820 car batteries, 9,849 tires and 325,857 pounds of electronics. More than 23,000 pounds of clothing were collected for reuse.
The total economic value of the 2011 Great American Cleanup to Arkansas communities was more than $740,000.
If you would like to volunteer for a Great American Cleanup event in your community, email us.
GAmC Local Coordinator Materials
Preferred Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Partner
