July 2020 Newsletter

Did you know cigarette butts are the #1 form of litter? You don't have to look too hard to see them all over our parking lots, streets, parks, and public areas.

Keep Blount Beautiful is a recipient of the 2020 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grant. We are working with the City of Maryville, Blount County, and local businesses to place stainless steel cigarette receptacles and signage where they are needed. Our goal is to encourage residents to properly dispose of their cigarette butts, which will be collected and recycled. We also aim to bring awareness to cigarette litter through education. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date!

CLPP

Adopt-A-Mile is a community litter pickup program featuring dedicated volunteers that adopt a mile of road in Blount County, City of Alcoa, or City of Maryville. Adopt-A-Mile is great for businesses, community groups, families, and neighborhoods. All supplies will be provided by KBB for each cleanup.

If you are interested in the Adopt-A-Mile program, click the button below for more information.

Adopt-A-Mile

Litter Pickup Supply Checkout

Due to the COVID-19, KBB will be rescheduling all Blount County Great American Cleanup events. However, KBB will now begin to loan out cleanup supplies for individual cleanups. Supplies include litter pickers, garbage bags, safety vests, and gloves.

If you, your family, neighborhood, community group, or business is interested in checking out supplies, fill out the form or contact keepblount@gmail.com to schedule a pickup time.

Litter Supply Check Out

Blount County Recycling Center

The Blount County Recycling Center is still in full operation for your waste disposal needs. The center takes household recycling and household hazardous waste. Please visit the resources tab at KeepBlountBeautiful.org for a full list of accepted items.

Blount County Recycling Center
331 Levi St. Maryville
865-982-4652
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday 8AM-4:30PM

Recycling in Blount County

KBB Education at Home!

Keep Blount Beautiful is still here for you during the COVID19 pandemic as schools are closed. Just because we can't visit classrooms or attend community events doesn't mean we can't bring some green education to your home! Click the button below for free access to some of our favorite educational lessons and activities!

Montvale Friends

Keep Blount Beautiful visited Montvale Elementary Friends for a beautification project! Students learned about reducing, reusing, and recycling, specifically how we can recycle our steel cans- OR reuse it as a planter!

At Home Activities

Take Action and Support Keep Blount Beautiful

Here are a few simple ways to support Keep Blount Beautiful.

Donate
Your donation helps us keep Blount beautiful. We run litter pickups, recycling events, education programs, and beautification projects with our volunteers and sponsors. We seek to help improve our community. Your donation helps us keep our doors open. Please consider a gift today.

For just $18, you can provide a litter picker to a volunteer to use during a litter pickup!

Volunteer
Join our volunteer email list and e-newsletter to learn more about volunteer opportunities. Contact us directly today to organize a cleanup in your community.

Amazon Smile
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to your organization of your choice when you shop through smile.amazon.com. You can support Keep Blount Beautiful when shopping online via Amazon anytime by clicking here and selecting Keep Blount Beautiful as your non-profit of choice.

Kroger Community Rewards
Just shop and swipe your Plus Card to earn rewards for KBB.

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