Keep Arkansas Clean

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Keep Arkansas Beautiful launches 2024 Great American Cleanup

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KUAR | By Nathan Treece, Seth Hooker

Keep Arkansas Beautiful is looking to eclipse its record-breaking 2023 year by collecting even more litter during the 2024 Great American Cleanup.

In 2023, volunteers from each of Arkansas’ 75 counties collected over 630 tons of litter from across the state. Robyn Taylor, Volunteer Program Manager at Keep Arkansas Beautiful, says she is working to keep that energy going forward, but that litter prevention is key to keeping the state clean.

“Our goal is to get it clean and keep it clean,” Taylor said. “Hopefully, each year our volunteers will go up, but the amount of litter they pick up will go down.”

Keep Arkansas Beautiful launches 2024 Great American Cleanup

Nathan Treece/Little Rock Public Radio

Keep Arkansas Beautiful is seeking volunteers for the annual Great American Cleanup, running through the end of May.

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Earth Day is Clean-Up Day!

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Earth Day is Clean-Up Day!

UA Cossatot Center for Student Success, JAG and Student Ambassadors have helped coordinate clean-up days for the city of De Queen, Ashdown, and Nashville to help make a BIG and visible difference in our communities. Volunteer student groups include Student Ambassadors, Rotaract, JAG, Youth Build, and the UA Cossatot Basketball team.

Day 1- April 21 included basketball students picking up trash along one of the busiest highways in De Queen, Arkansas, while

Day 2- April 22 will include Ashdown, AR, and Nashville, AR. 

 

We want to thank all the kind people and businesses that showed their support by coming out to let us know how appreciative they were of our service, and we especially would like to thank Leopard Nutrition for sponsoring our drinks for the day. 

We would also like to express our gratitude to Mayor Jeff Brown for supplying our vests, trash bags, gloves and also to the De Queen Chamber for providing our De Queen students with t-shirts.