Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is a national program that helps prevent litter, reduce waste, and beautify communities throughout the United States.

KAB runs various programs that are guided by the principles of education, individual responsibility, public-private partnership, and volunteer action. One of KAB's programs, Great American Cleanup, encourages individuals to volunteer their time to clean and beautify their neighborhoods, parks and recreation areas, and seashores and waterways. Another program, Graffiti Hurts, focuses on educating people about graffiti and addressing community-based solutions for graffiti abatement and prevention. Finally, Clean Sweep U.S.A. is an educational website designed to supplement environmental education curriculum in middle schools.

The goal of Keep America Beautiful is to coordinate and empower local communities to prevent litter, reduce waste, and beautify communities.

Currently, Keep America Beautiful has more than 1,200 local affiliates in the U.S., each working towards solving their individual community needs. From March 1 through May 31, 2010, 3.9 million volunteers donated nearly 6 million hours under the Great American Cleanup program to clean, beautify, and improve more than 33,700 communities throughout the United States.