Fight Dirty

by WiredBerries Editors — March 12, 2008

March 1st marked the beginning of the Great American Cleanup campaign from Keep American Beautiful (KEB) that continues through May 31st. The project challenges you to get involved in your community to help make the country cleaner and greener. Check out http://www.kab.org for places and ways you can join!

In 2007, cleanup efforts inspired by KEB resulted in 200 million pounds of litter and debris removed from America's landscape, including 3,500 illegal dump sites and over 10,000 abandoned vehicles. Participants planted 4.6 million trees, flowers and bulbs, and collected over 2.2 million scrap tires, 22.4 million pounds of aluminum and steel, 592,000 pounds of wireless phones and related equipment, and over 70 million PET bottles for recycling. Great American Cleanup events improved over 178,000 miles of roadway (more than seven times around the world), 121,000 acres of parks and public lands, 7,000 miles of rivers, lakes and shorelines, and 3,900 miles of hiking, biking and nature trails. So 'Fight Dirty' to get America clean!