Programs

 

Keep Akron Beautiful (KAB) improves the quality of life through beautification and responsible environmental management.

 

KAB programming includes:

• Loaning portable trash receptacles for special events held by the city and civic organizations.
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• Collecting litter from parks, roadsides, expressways and illegal dumps within the city limits.
  
  
• Conducting public awareness campaigns in order to modify the behavior and create a sense of individual responsibility towards neighborhood litter control and handling solid waste.
  
  
• Educating youngsters about recycling and the hazards of litter through classroom presentations, educational materials, and special projects.
  
  
• Conducting training on environmental curriculum guides and distributing them to Akron’s educators in public and private schools, grades K-12.
  
  
• Mobilizing a vast corps of volunteers and businesses to participate in Clean-Up Akron Week, the KAB annual spring litter collection event.
  
  
• Installing penalty signs for littering and dumping.
  
  
• Promoting the enforcement of litter ordinances through participation in litter law enforcement programs.
  
  
• Organizing and assisting volunteers in beautification efforts through the Adopt-A-Site program.
  
  
• Planting and maintaining flowerbeds in and adjacent to the downtown area as part of the privately funded Flowerscape program.
  
  
• Celebrating Arbor Day by conducting a slogan contest and classroom presentations, as well as distributing seedlings to fourth grade students.
  
  
• Presenting Beautification Watch Certificates to businesses, institutions and residences that have landscaped their properties in a noteworthy way.
  
  
• Promoting the benefits of Akron’s integrated solid waste disposal plan of curbside recycling and composting.