H-E-B Joins Initiative to Keep The Texas Environment Clean

AUSTIN,TX- H-E-B, Central Market, and Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) recently announced that 13 KTB affiliate communities will share a total of $25,000 made available through the Green Bag Grants program. The program supports plastic bag recycling and reduction, water conservation education, and programming pertaining to environmental education and/or waste management. Grants awarded range in size from $150 to $3,000, based on the scope of the funded project.

The affiliates are: Keep Alton Beautiful, Keep Bastrop County Beautiful, Keep Bolivar Beautiful, Keep Cuero Beautiful, Keep Lake Jackson Beautiful, Keep Lewisville Beautiful, Keep Odessa Beautiful, Keep Pflugerville Beautiful, Keep Salado Beautiful, Keep San Juan Beautiful, Keep San Saba Beautiful, Keep Sealy Beautiful, and Keep South Padre Island Beautiful.

Established in 2006, the Green Bag Grants were designed to support community improvement and beautification projects across Texas. With just 5 cents from each in-store purchase of a reusable, green H-E-B shopping bag, the Green Bag Grants support communities all over Texas.

Suzanne Kho, KTB’s Executive Director, said,“The Green Bag Grants help H-E-B and Keep Texas Beautiful affiliates work together to teach communities how to reduce, reuse, and recycle to create a healthier environment for everyone,” 

H-E-B and Central Market provide an additional $25,000 in funding for the Keep Texas Waterways Clean program, which provides communities with the expertise and tools to host cleanup events on waterways such as oceans, rivers, streams, tributaries, lakes, and bayous.

Keep Texas Beautiful, the statewide grassroots environmental and community improvement organization and affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, educates and engages Texans to take responsibility for improving their community environment. KTB and its more than 390 affiliates work with government, businesses, civic groups, and volunteers to ensure that every Texan has the opportunity to help make Texas clean. 

The Green Bag Grants are one of the many ways that KTB achieves its mission. For more information about KTB or the Green Bag Grants, call 1-800-CLEAN-TX or visit www.ktb.org.