RECENT EVENTS

LITTER INDEX 2008

Carrollton, GA - (March 18, 2008)

Keep Carroll Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, organized this year's Litter Index which is designed to measure and identify problem areas in various communities. Keep Carroll Beautiful hopes the Index will help change littering attitudes and behaviors within Carroll County, and enhance related community improvement issues.
The data obtained through the Litter Index will determine the types of community improvement programs needed to address current conditions, and achieve long-term sustainable results.

County Wide Litter Index Results:

Teams of volunteers conducted a windshield tour of approximately 20% of the roads in Carroll County. They measured visible roadside trash on a scale from 1 to 4 with 1 being "no litter" and 4 being "heavily littered."

This year's results indicated that Carroll County is at a 2.0788 meaning "slightly littered" and that litter was visible to the scorer. Keep Carroll Beautiful, the local Keep America Beautiful affiliate, organized this year's annual Litter Index on February 25, 2008.
The Index is designed to measure roadside trash and identify illegal dumping sites in Carroll County. Keep Carroll Beautiful hopes that by publishing these results littering attitudes and behaviors in Carroll County will change.

Contact Jacqueline Dost, Executive Director for Keep Carroll Beautiful for more information:
Telephone: 678-890-2361 or email: keepcarrollbeautiful@carroll-ga.org.

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E-RECYCLING PROGRAM 2008

Carrollton, GA - (March 13, 2008)

Despite 25 degree temperatures, heavy winds and snow, residents of Carroll county and the surrounding area came out in full force. A three hour long radio remote on Kiss 102.7 reminded listeners that the event was still being held. Within four hours ¾ of a tractor trailer was filled with old electronics that would normally have gone to a landfill. This year's Electronics Recycling Event collected over 25,000 pounds of electronic waste in Carroll County.

The 2nd Annual Spring Electronics Recycling Event was hosted by Keep Carroll Beautiful. "On a cold winter day, there were young adults and [KCB] board members who came together to work on a civic project, and the community responded well," said Keep Carroll Beautiful Board Member Lee Gorman. "It is my opinion that the event was very successful." A total of 112,000 pounds of electronic waste has been collected since the first Electronics Recycling Event held in Carroll County.

Each year, Keep America Beautiful celebrates the Great American Cleanup between March 1st and May 31st. Studies have shown that approximately 70% of toxins found in landfills result from improper disposal of electronics. Recycling raw materials found in electronics preserves natural resources, and reduces the air and water pollution caused by manufacturing new products. This collection was sponsored by Southwire Corporation, DieTech Industries, Inc, Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, Gradick Communications, Waste Industries, and Kiss 102.7.

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