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Kerry,
Hello and welcome to the Keep Ohio
Beautiful
E-newsletter!
Keep America
Beautiful held their annual National Conference
last week and several Ohio affiliates received
several awards. Congratulations to all winners!
There are two other awards I would like to
highlight. Keep Ohio Beautiful received the Silver
Level State Affiliate Recognition Award from KAB
and the Ohio Department of Transportation received
the 2006 Partnership Award from KAB for their
contributions during the 2006 Great American
Cleanup. Congratulations!
The holidays are
upon us and many people wonder what to do with
their Christmas trees, wrapping paper and other
extras that they have around the house. Be sure to
read the article on creating less waste at the
holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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Congratulations to
Ohio winners!  Keep America Beautiful
sponsors a National Awards program each year.
These awards recognize outstanding Keep America
Beautiful Affiliates and their successful
initiatives to educate the public about litter
prevention and encourage grassroots volunteer
efforts to clean and beautify communities,
thereby improving the quality of
life.
Three Ohio affiliates were honored
as winners on December 8th at the KAB National
Conference. In the 2006 Affiliate Award Winners
Category, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful was
awarded First Place in the Previously Recognized
Affiliates category.
Keep Columbus
Beautiful received Second Place in the
Beautification and Community Improvement
Category.
Keep Grove City Beautiful
has been awarded the Distinguished Service
Citation in the Waste Reduction Category.
Congratulations to all of the national award
winners!
The following KOB Affiliates
have earned the 2006 President's Circle
Award. This award is given to affiliates who
have met all Good Standing Requirements with
Keep America Beautiful.
City of Newark
Litter Prevention & Recycling
City of
Cuyahoga Falls, Litter Prevention &
Recycling
Defiance County Environmental
Services/KAB
Erie County Waste Reduction
Program
Hancock County SWMD Environmental
Services
Jefferson County Recycling and
Litter Prevention
Keep Akron
Beautiful
Keep Allen County Beautiful
Keep
Alliance Beautiful
Keep Canton Clean
Keep
Cincinnati Beautiful
Keep Columbus
Beautiful
Keep Delaware County
Beautiful
Keep Grove City Beautiful
Keep
Hardin County Beautiful
Keep Lakewood
Beautiful
Keep Middletown Beautiful,
Inc.
Keep Ohio Beautiful
Keep Perrysburg
Beautiful
Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful,
Inc.
Keep Wickliffe Beautiful
Lorain
County Beautiful
Montgomery County Solid
Waste Services
The City of Lakewood,
Keep Lakewood Beautiful, also won a local
award at the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste
Districts Trash Oscars Award Luncheon on
November 29th. The Trash Oscars is an awards
program designed to recognize individuals and
communities for their commitment to recycling in
a clever and fun way.
The city won the
Lead Community in Box Office Receipts Oscar.
This award was given to the City for taking an
entrepreneurial approach to recycling and
earning the most money of any city in Cuyahoga
County for their paper recycling efforts. In
2005, Lakewood earned over $85,000 for recycling
2,208 tons of fiber. Lakewood was one of the
founding members of the Districts Paper
Marketing Cooperative in 1999. Since then, more
than 15,000 tons of paper has been recycled
earning the City $337,934.
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Keep Columbus
Beautiful Gives "Green" Gifts  (Columbus) Keep Columbus
Beautiful (KCB) is playing “Green” Santa by
distributing Fleece Jackets made from recycled
plastic beverage bottles to 2,000 Columbus
school-age children during the Christmas season.
This project is part of the “Return the Warmth”
program.
“Return the Warmth” is a plastic
beverage bottle recycling program designed to
teach children the important role recycling
plays in removing plastic bottles from the waste
stream and thereby extending the life and
usefulness of the Franklin County Landfill. It
was created by Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the
nation’s largest community improvement program,
of which KCB is an active affiliate, and it is
supported by Sam’s Club and Pepsi Cola North
America’s Aquafina water brand.
The
promotion of increased recycling in Columbus is
mandated by Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s “Get
Green, Columbus! Environmental Stewardship in
the 21st Century” initiative created in 2005.
Recycling is an important element of the Keep
Columbus Beautiful mission.
Sixteen
Columbus elementary schools, faith-based groups,
and after-school programs are receiving the
bundles of jackets and handling the distribution
to Columbus children in need.
“We decided
to involve organizations that work with children
in the distribution of the jackets, so that they
would be given to children in need,” said Bob
Seed, who developed the local portion of the
Keep America Beautiful
program.
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Holiday Tips to
Minimize Waste Local Communities
Offer Holiday Recycling It is estimated that
between Thanksgiving and New Years Eve, the
amount of garbage in the U.S. increases by an
extra one million tons per week.
Keep
America Beautiful offers the following tips to
help us all trim our trash, conserve our
resources, and save money during this holiday
season. Here’s what they suggest:
Save
and reuse gift bags, wrapping, and bows from the
previous season. Instead of wrapping gifts in
paper, be creative: Use decorative gift boxes
and reusable containers. Buy gift wrap that
contains recycled material and avoid buying foil
or plastic coated paper that cannot be recycled
or reused. Give gift certificates; they save
wrapping paper and eliminate returned
merchandise.
Give non-material gifts such
as savings bonds, money, or tickets to a game,
play, movie or concert. Give the gift of time.
Nothing costs less or means more than spending
time with friends and loved ones. Donate
unwanted gifts, old or used clothing and toys to
a local shelter or charity.
For those
holiday parties, choose reusable cloth napkins,
china and glasses for meals instead of
disposable utensils, plates and tablecloths.
Walk to neighborhood parties or carpool to those
that are not in walking distance. Carefully plan
the amount of food for your gathering to
minimize waste. If there are leftovers, send
them home with guests or donate them to a local
shelter.
With those thoughts in mind,
many local KOB affiliates work with their cities
and counties to offer recycling for Christmas
trees, wrapping paper, greeting cards and more.
Please visit www.keepohiobeautiful.us
for a complete listing.
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I hope that you have the opportunity to spend
time with family and friends this holiday season.
When you do, take a moment to remember the good
times in 2006 and I wish you all a wonderful 2007.
Season's Greetings!
Kind Regards,
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Keep Ohio Beautiful (KOB)
and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
will be partnering for a statewide Great
American Cleanup event. Sponsored by Keep
America Beautiful, the Great American Cleanup 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.
This month we are featuring
KOB Board Members Lee Oberlag and Kiya
Patrick.
Keep Delaware County
Beautiful (KDCB) recognized community supporters
with annual awards at its annual Recognition
Reception Thursday, December 7th in the
Rutherford B. Hayes County Services
Building.
