Keeping Texas Beautiful and Cleaning the Community

Registration is now open for the 2016 Great American Cleanup and don’t mess with Texas® Trash-Off. Texans are invited to join the nation’s largest community improvement program by hosting a local event, said a press release Tuesday.

Keep American Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup (GAC) is the nation’s largest community improvements program, taking place annually from March 1 through May 31. Activities can include beautifying parks and recreational areas, cleaning waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, removing graffiti, planting trees and conducting educational programs and litter-free events -- anything that keeps Texas communities beautiful.

The don’t mess with Texas Trash-Off is a partnership between Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation.

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The 2016 don’t mess with Texas Trash-Off is scheduled for Saturday, April 9^th.

Any Texan can participate. Online registration is now available for local organizations to schedule events in their communities and gain access to valuable resources to plan, promote and host an event.

Participants are encouraged to register their GAC and DMWTTO events with Keep Texas Beautiful in order to receive trash bags, volunteer giveaways, promotional items, and more, to assist in facilitating their cleanup event.

Registration information can be found at www.ktb.org.