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Kerry,

Hello and welcome to the Keep Ohio Beautiful
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KOB affiliates are busy gearing up for the Great American Cleanup. Sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, the Great American Cleanup (GAC) is the nation’s largest community improvement program. Projects take place in all 50 states during the months of March, April and May. In 2006, over 2.5 million volunteers participated nationwide.

Ohio affiliates will be kicking off the GAC with a State Roadway Cleanup the last weekend in March. Be sure to check the KOB website in the upcoming months to find ways that you can volunteer with your local affiliate.

 Great American Cleanup State Roadway Cleanup
 ODOT partners with KOB

GAC 2 Keep Ohio Beautiful (KOB) and the Ohio Department of Transportation have partnered for a statewide GAC event in 2007! Plans are underway for a State Roadway Cleanup on Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31st.

March is the perfect time for a state roadway cleanup! Litter along our roadways is very visible after the snow has melted and before the green of spring has arrived. March is also very windy so plenty of litter is blown around that is left from litter bugs and from trash cans that are not lidded properly. This is a reminder that most communities have a law that require trash cans to be lidded.

Local KOB affiliates will be recruiting volunteers to clean up litter along state routes in their communities. ODOT is asking that all Adopt-a- Highway groups volunteer by cleaning up their “adopted” spots on March 31st. This is your opportunity to make a positive change in the state of Ohio! Please join hundreds of volunteers around the Buckeye State as we remove litter along hundreds of roadway.

If you would like to volunteer for the State Roadway Cleanup, please contact Kerry Crossen at 614-604-2136.

 


 Montgomery County Launches New Plastics Recycling Program
 

barn Montgomery County Solid Waste District launched a new pilot recycling program for household plastics in January. Residents of Montgomery County can drop off various plastic items free of charge at both the North and South Transfer Facilities.

Items that will be accepted include: Plastic toys of all types (including remote control cars and dolls), plastic swimming pools, sand boxes, plastic lawn furniture, plastic fence and decking, play houses, plastic appliances, and many other types of plastic items.

Items that will not be accepted include: Post consumer plastic bottles (there is a separate collection bin for bottles), used plastic trash containers, and used plastic bags.

For more information on this or other recycling programs please call the Recycling Hotline at (937) 225-4999 or visit www.curby.org.

 


 Keep Franklin County Beautiful Needs You!
 Support the Waste Not Center

KFCB Keep Franklin County Beautiful (KFCB) is a non-profit organization working to promote recycling and litter awareness in Franklin County. KFCB is a certified Keep America Beautiful affiliate.

KFCB created the Waste Not Center to help artists and teachers find useful materials that businesses have donated. The Waste Not Center (WNC) is a source of recycled arts and crafts materials.

The Center accepts donations of out-dated, unusable or otherwise unwanted materials and supplies that have potential for use in arts and crafts projects. Donated items are made available to WNC member artists, teachers and students for educational purposes. The weekly throughput of such items, which would otherwise end up in the landfill, is about 1500 pounds. WNC members tell KFCB that the value of what they obtain from the Center would be about $3-4 per pound, if they had to purchase the supplies commercially.

Donors of materials and supplies enjoy a reduction in waste disposal costs and benefit the environment and the community through their partnership with KFCB.

The Waste Not Center has hundreds of individual members and continues to grow. KFCB needs help with expanding their supply chain of donated materials and supplies. Out-of-season display materials or outdated promotional items are typically in strong demand.

This is where you come in! If you work for an organization that might have unneeded materials to donate, please contact Neil Drobny, Executive Director of KFCB. KFCB is a 501(c)3 organization, so donations are tax deductible. KFCB will also pick up donated materials. They do not accept furniture or electronic equipment.

If you would like more information about the Waste Not Center please visit their website at www.wastenotcenter.org.

Neil Drobny
Executive Director
Keep Franklin County Beautiful
614-278-9445
neil@kfcb.org

 


 Meet the KOB Board Members
 

Scott This month we are featuring KOB Board Members Scott Lucas and Tammy Brown.

Scott Lucas works for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Office of Maintenance Administration. Scott is involved in the Adopt-A- Highway program, Vegetation Management, and serves as the Ohio Transportation Information System (OTIS) coordinator. Scott also serves as the President of the International Adopt-a-Highway Association.

Scott served 20 years in the US Army Reserve before retiring in 2004. He holds an Associate degree in Civil Engineering from Columbus State and completed the Ohio Certified Public Managers program. Scott is currently enrolled in the Applied Management Bachelors program at Franklin University.

Fun Facts About Scott
Scott enjoys bicycling or canoeing in his free time.
Favorite TV show: Smallville
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Caramel Cone Sundae
Last Book Scott Read: Seven Roads to Hell: A Screaming Eagle at Bastone.
What Scott likes best about Ohio:The Lake Erie coastline.

Tammy Brown has been with the Ohio Department of Development’s Division of Travel and Tourism for ten years, the last three as Public Relations Manager. Tammy develops the Division’s annual public relations plan and manages a team of three staff members and the Division’s public relations agency, Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations. The Public Relations Office is responsible for generating publicity and overall awareness of Ohio as a travel destination.

During her tenure with the Ohio Division of Travel and Tourism, Brown has worked closely with the tourism industry and the media to showcase Ohio’s wealth of travel and tourism experiences. She enjoys showing the media what Ohio has to offer during press tours throughout Ohio.

Fun Facts About Tammy
Tammy enjoys gardening, hiking, biking and generally enjoying nature in her free time. She also enjoys reading good authors and gallery hopping.
Favorite TV Show: Lost.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Chip.
Last Book Tammy Read: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.
What Tammy likes best about Ohio: The immense variety of experiences from big city galleries and restaurants to places like Kitty Todd Nature Preserve and Hocking Hills. "Where else can you commune among the Amish in the morning and go parasailing from an island in the afternoon?! Also having four distinct seasons because I love the sound and smell of leaves underfoot in fall and roadside produce stands. And winter brings the total stillness of a woods after a new snowfall," said Tammy.



 


 Did You Know?
 

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    Ohio's recycling industry supports 4.3 percent of the jobs in Ohio.

    Ohio's 5 common market materials--aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, and steel have an annual throughput of 13 million tons of materials.

    Recycling 13 million tons of the five major materials save 46.6 million cubic yards of landfill space.

    14 million tons of materials are collected annually through Ohio's recycling programs.

    Another 16 million tons of materials are recycled and imported to Ohio for processing and manufacturing into new products.

    Annually recycling all 30 million tons of materials in Ohio accounts for $877 million in avoided disposal fees.

    To reduce waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Do your part to close the loop!

    Facts from NAPCOR and the Recycling Means Business report, published by ODNR, Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention

     


Take a moment to look beyond the freezing temperatures and enjoy the beauty of the snow and ice covered trees. As Tammy said, having 4 different seasons is one of the joys of living in the Buckeye State!

Kind Regards,


Kerry Crossen
Keep Ohio Beautiful

phone: 614-604-2136

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