2008 Great American Clean Up results

Last year, more than 17,000 communities participated in Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup where volunteers created clean, safe, and beautiful communities. Keep Lewisville Beautiful was one of them.

Keep Lewisville Beautiful is proud to have been a part of KAB's Cleanup efforts, as well as to be a KAB affiliate in good standing. This year, we are well into making the 2009 Great American Cleanup a success and have already held our annual Spring Clean up event. If you missed the Spring Clean Up this year, don't fret- there are still plenty more volunteer opportunities to participate in. For more information about how you can participate in this year's Great American Cleanup, please contact our office at 972-436-5100.

KLB would like to share with you the 2008 GAC results, in which our own community participated in. For more information about these events and entities, please visit Keep America Beautiful.

2008 Results

Media
Media Impressions.............................................527,000,000

Events/Volunteers
Volunteers/Participants/Attendees...........................3,000,000
Volunteer Hours.....................................................6,700,000
Communities invloved/events............................17,000/30,000

Cleanups
Pounds of litter & Debris collected.......................86,000,000
Miles of roads, streets, & highways cleaned...............144,000
Acres of parks & public lands cleaned.........................91,000
Miles of hiking, biking, & nature trails cleaned................6,000
Playgrounds & Community recreation areas
cleaned/restored/constructed..........................................3,000
Miles of rivers, lakes, & shoreline cleaned......................7,000
Underwater cleanups conducted.........................................69
Acres of wetlands cleaned & improved..........................2,700
Illegal dumpsites cleaned................................................6,500
Junk cars removed.......................................................15,200

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Pounds of clothing collected for reuse......................5,200,000
Pounds of aluminum & steel recycled.....................10,200,000
Pounds of newspaper recycled..............................37,100,000
Tires collected for recycling.....................................1,440,000
Batteries collected for recycling..................................137,000
Pounds of electronics recycled.................................5,300,000
PET (plastic) bottles collected for recycling...........189,000,000

Beautification
Number of gardens, xeriscapes & green space
areas created................................................................48,000
Trees planted..............................................................107,000
Residential & commercial buildings
painted/renovated/built.....................................................1,670
Graffiti removal/sites abated...........................................37,000

Education
Educational workshops held.............................................8,500
Educational workshop attendees..................................630,000
a) Adults.....................................................................200,000
b) Children..................................................................430,000
General Awareness events held........................................2,100
Attendees at general awareness events......................3,600,000