The following is a guest post by Christine Flowers, Executive Director of Keep California Beautiful
Earth Day began on April 22, 1970. In the decades since, this event has spread across the globe with thousands of events in almost 200 countries.
Meanwhile, my organization, Keep California Beautiful, continues to do its part every day by working with a variety of partners to support a wide range of efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle and clean up our communities.
Our strong partnerships are the key to what we do. For example, almost three years ago, KCB teamed up with California State Parks and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to begin a partnership that placed and continues to maintain more than 500 seasonal and permanent recycling bins at more than 20 key beaches along California’s coast. And the partnerships keep growing. KCB is currently working with Caltrans and ACC to place and maintain recycling bins at some of California’s busiest rest stops. The first batch of recycling bins was installed at the H. Dana Bowers Rest Area/Vista Point near San Francisco.
KCB, Caltrans and ACC are teaming up again today—this time to launch the Great American Cleanup™ in California. While the announcement is taking place in Sacramento, the “Clean Up” is actually a series of beautification projects and other activities taking place throughout California. This is the 40th birthday of Earth Day, and we plan to celebrate it big.
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