Program
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KOB Programs
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Waste in Place
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Waste in Place is an elementary
school curriculum supplement for teachers and students,
focusing on litter prevention and responsible solid waste
practices. The curriculum supplement for grades K-6 contains
33 lesson plans on many diverse subjects, including litter
prevention, waste reduction, recycling, landfills, and much
more.
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Waste in the Workplace
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Keep America Beautiful also
has created a number of adult community education programs
for businesses and others to use to encourage community
environmental efforts. The Waste in the Workplace guide
was first produced in 1991 to help businesses understand
how and where waste is created during daily operations.
Waste in the Workplace provides how-to information about
conducting a waste audit, developing and implementing a
waste-minimization plan, and how waste-reduction activities
can actually result in cost savings.
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Graffiti Hurts
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A national partnership with
The Sherwin-Williams Company and its Krylon brand, Graffiti
Hurts® highlights the negative effect of graffiti on communities
and the ways it can be stopped without confrontation. The
Graffiti Hurts® program is focused on educating people in
schools, in communities, in law enforcement and in the media
that graffiti hurts our communities. The program addresses
community-based solutions for graffiti abatement and prevention.
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Cigarette Litter Prevention
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Keep America Beautiful began
research for the Cigarette Litter Prevention Program in
2002 with a specific goal: to effectively and noticeably
reduce cigarette litter. This program's development is facilitated
through new partnerships with municipalities, business and
building owners, and civic leaders in conjunction with the
more than 540 community-based Keep America Beautiful Network
of Affiliates around the country. Generous multi-year support
from
Philip Morris USA made the research and development
of the Guide to Cigarette Litter Prevention possible.
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Adopt-a-Spot
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KOB Affiliates offer this program
to help communities take pride in their neighborhoods. Volunteer
groups, institutions, families, etc. have an opportunity
to accept the responsibility of removing litter from an
agreed-upon area for a one-year commitment. Examples of
volunteer groups and organizations include families, schools,
churches, businesses, industries, government agencies, and
community service organizations. The purpose of the program
is to instill community pride, raise public awareness and
to improve the appearance of our parks, roadways and neighborhoods
in Ohio.
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Adopt-a-Highway
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Volunteer groups adopt a two
mile section or interchange along a State Route, U.S. route,
or Interstate. Groups who sign up with the program adopt
for two years, a minimum of 4 times a year. Ohio has over
1,400 groups with at least one group in each county. The
program is sponsored by Ohio Department of Transportation
(ODOT). For more information on Adopt-a-Highway,
click here.
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Litter Law Enforcement
Programs
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Although Ohio has litter laws
that can be found under various section of the Ohio Revised
Code many litter enforcement laws are made on a local level.
KOB affiliates work with their local enforcement agencies
to create new programs to address litter, illegal dumping,
and discarded tires.
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Solid Waste Management
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Ohio
has regulations which broadly outline solid waste management
and waste reduction goals for the state's industrial, commercial
and residential waste. Decisions on how to reach those goals
are made at the local level. Each Ohio county has or is
a member of a solid waste management district that enters
agreements for the county to secure long-term waste disposal
capacity for its municipal solid waste. Each Ohio county,
and several of the state's larger municipalities, also have
local recycling and litter prevention programs, which help
manage and coordinate residential and commercial solid waste
management services in their area.
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Litter Free Events
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KOB
affiliates sponsor litter free events
in order to change public behavior
and attitudes towards littering. Studies show that each
public event attendee generates as much as two pounds of
trash in a four-hour period! At litter free events
people take responsibility to clean up their area and the
event venue
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