What We Do
We collaborate with volunteers, business partners, and government leaders to take action and make Massachusetts a cleaner, greener place to live, work, and play. Get involved today.
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Explore Our Programs
Our programs leverage the power of volunteers to reduce litter, promote waste reduction and recycling, and beautify Massachusetts communities.
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Company Community Service
Is your business looking for a worthy community service project? We will match you with a local municipality in need of volunteers and ensure it's a successful day for all involved.
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Join the Mass Litter Cleanup Crew
Take the pledge to keep your community litter-free and we'll ship you a Litter Cleanup Kit!
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Join a Community Service Event
Volunteer for a community service event in your area or list your event on our calendar.
America Recycles Day
The Keep America Beautiful America Recycles Day is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. Held on and around Nov. 15, America Recycles Day educates and encourages individuals on how to be more mindful of what they consume, where and how to properly recycle, pledge to recycle more, and recycle correctly in their everyday lives.
Focusing on individual action, the 2020 America Recycles Day highlights the actions we can all take to collectively address the challenges facing our nation’s recycling system. Through ARD, Keep America Beautiful and its partners inspire communities and individuals to recognize the economic, environmental, and social benefits of recycling. Keep America Beautiful urges people to pledge to reduce, reuse, repurpose and recycle in every aspect of their life. The #BeRecycled pledge is a promise to actively choose to live a recycled lifestyle by:
Recycling at home, work, school and on the go;
Buying products made with recycled content; and
Educating and encouraging friends, family, and neighbors to take the #BeRecycled pledge.
Aside from the #BeRecycled Pledge, people can be part of the recycling solution by participating or hosting their own America Recycles Day event. Events can be scheduled at any time during the fall leading into the official America Recycles Day celebration, Nov. 15. Keep America Beautiful encourages all participants and event organizers to follow state and local health guidelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Go to the America Recycles Day site where you can pledge to recycle, view a list of events around the country, or organize your own event. Keep America Beautiful provides guides, tools, templates and tips to make it easy to organize your local event and promote recycling awareness, commitment and action in your community.
Sponsors of this year’s America Recycles Day include Title Sponsor Cox Enterprises, International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), and Michelob Ultra.
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2024 Year-to-Date Cleanup Events
77
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2024 Year-to-Date Volunteer Hours
20,358
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2024 Year-to-Date Pounds of Litter Removed
210,248
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2024 Year-to-Date Tons of Litter Removed
105
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2024 Year-to-Date Value of Volunteer Services
$681,789