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The Great American Cleanup TM The Keep America Beautiful Great American CleanupTM is the nation's largest organized litter cleanup program. Over two million volunteers nationwide will take part in this second annual event, which runs from mid-March through May. The major focus of the Nebraska effort will occur from April 1 through May 7. The Great American CleanupTM encourages volunteerism, personal action, and responsibility, and promotes the missions of the Keep America Beautiful organization: litter prevention, beautification, and minimizing the impact of solid waste. The Great American Cleanup™ Projects The Great American CleanupTM focuses on litter removal and prevention, but other local community improvement initiatives and neighborhood beautification projects are incorporated into the event, depending on the needs of the community. By offering different ways to participate, the Great American CleanupTM hopes to get more and more people involved. Keep America Beautiful believes that hands-on involvement can really influence changes in attitude and behavior that affect our environment. Litter Cleanup Litter is a huge problem that plagues all our cities. The Great American CleanupTM helps to bring attention to your community's litter problem so that volunteers can be recruited to remove litter from public lands and neighborhoods during the event. Recycling The Great American CleanupTM is an opportunity to conduct a recycling drive. This educates residents and businesses on the importance of recycling salvageable materials. Clothes Collection Collecting clothes for the reuse by the needy is another Great American CleanupTM activity that fits right into goals to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Drop-off sites around the community are designated for clothing collection. After collection, the clothing is donated to local charities, shelters, and other social service organizations. |