Programs
Beautiful Business Program
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful provides a way for Northern Nevada businesses to proclaim their commitment to a cleaner, more beautiful place to live and work. There are three partnership levels for the Beautiful Business program, and benefits related to each. Already a KTMB partner? Contact Kathy Carter to find out how you can customize a... Continue readingAdopt-A-Park
Started in 1987 by the Biggest Little City Committee to encourage community involvement and pride in our parks, Adopt-A-Park was the seed that started Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, then known as Western Nevada Clean Communities. Please check the Project Calendar for upcoming Adopt-A-Park events!Adopt-A-Spot
Started in 1994, Adopt-A-Spot is an ongoing cleanup program involving specific stretches of road, intersections, blocks, and corners within Reno, Sparks and Washoe County. Join 48 local businesses, families and civic groups dedicated to creating a cleaner region in which to live, work and play. For more information about becoming an Adopt-A-Spot sponsor, download the... Continue readingLitter Index
The Litter Index is a national program to rank areas on cleanliness, and provides a starting point for communities launching litter-prevention programs. Volunteers spread out and rate certain areas based on the Keep America Beautiful scale: 1 meaning “virtually no litter”, all the way to 4 indicating “major dumpsites”. The Litter Index takes place every... Continue readingNeighborhood Cleanups
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful has a long history of successful involvement with neighborhood and community cleanups. From the Sparks Clean Sweep to the Reno Clean & Green to localized community cleanups, KTMB encourages and is ready to help community groups clean up their neighborhoods. If you are interested in organizing your own cleanup event and... Continue readingOpen Space Cleanups
Thank you to more than 2,500 volunteers who removed almost 600 tons of trash and invasive weeds from our open spaces since 2006! This year, KTMB’s Great Community Cleanup is on May 11. Check back soon for volunteer signups! KTMB began conducting Open Space Cleanups in 2001, organizing and mobilizing groups of volunteers to help... Continue readingPhone Book Recycling
The Phone Book Recycling program runs each year as part of the “Phone Books for Trees” campaign. For every ton of phone books recycled at City of Reno, City of Sparks, and Washoe County drop-off locations, YP Real Yellow Pages donates an average of 17 trees to area parks. In 2009, the City of Reno... Continue readingRiver Cleanups
Since 2003, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful has partnered with REI, SaveMart Supermarkets, Truckee River Yacht Club, Champions of the Truckee River, the cities of Reno and Sparks parks and recreation departments, and Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space to clean up trash and help with weed abatement projects in and along the Truckee River.... Continue readingWaste Warriors
Waste Warriors™ presentations teach students to reduce, reuse, and recycle whenever they can. Following the retirement of the project’s pioneer — Beth Isaeff, known as The Trash Lady — KTMB staff trains the next generation of recyclers through Waste Warriors. This 60-minute workshop is geared toward elementary school classrooms, and educates youngsters about litter reduction,... Continue readingChristmas Tree Recycling
KTMB’s Christmas Tree Recycling program is sponsored by NV Energy, and provides the community with convenient disposal of cut Christmas trees, preserves landfill space, reduces illegal dumping, improves air quality through reduced green wood burning, provides mulch for area park and open space projects, and models effective conservation practices for our present and future. Since... Continue reading
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