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The TECHE Project Organizes Geaux Paddle Program and Recycled Water Bottle Display

KLB Healthy Communities Grant recipient, the TECHE Project, recently concluded their Geaux Paddle Youth Program and has since received positive support and feedback from parents, participants, and community members. The ...

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Keep Bossier Beautiful Chooses a Design for Welcome Gateway

Through an online public vote, Keep Bossier Beautiful (KBB) has selected a design for the new “Welcome to Bossier” gateway sign! KBB invited the public to vote on six different ...

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Keep Algiers Beautiful Hosts Cleanup Along Brechtel Park

Keep Louisiana Beautiful Community Affiliate, Keep Algiers Beautiful (KAB), recently hosted a cleanup event along the Brechtel Park fence line across from Behrman Highway and the area Walmart. KAB has ...

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Plastic Free July: Ways You Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution

It’s no secret that plastic products litter our communities and pollute our waterways. During Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s (KLB) recent roadside litter study, it was found that plastic water bottles were ...

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Recycling Now Available at Four Louisiana State Parks

On July 18 at Fontainebleau State Park, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of State Parks announced in a press conference the launch of a new recycling pilot ...

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Author Wendy Carbo Reads “Harry the Snakebird” at Calcasieu Parish Public Library

Louisiana children’s book author, Wendy Carbo, recently visited Calcasieu Parish Public Library to do a reading of her book, “Harry the Snakebird.” “Harry the Snakebird,” based on a true story, ...

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Recycling Incorporated into Love the Boot Week Thanks to Osprey Initiative and The Coca-Cola Company

With support from Love the Boot Week sponsor, The Coca-Cola Company, Osprey Initiative was contracted to implement recycling for plastic bottles and aluminum cans at 13 cleanup events. Recovered were ...

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BPSTIL Graphic Arts Students Take Lead in Anti-Litter Campaign

Press release by Bossier Parish School System   Coming soon to elementary schools throughout Bossier Parish, animated reminders that trashing the community is not cool.   Nearly 40 students in ...

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LSU Graduate Student Mimi Rivette Studies Recycling Behaviors on Campus

Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) recently got the chance to interview Mimi Rivette, a graduate student and research assistant for the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University, ...

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313 Tons of Litter Removed During Love the Boot Week!

Congratulations, Louisiana! Thanks to the commitment of 12,777 volunteers, 313 tons of litter were removed from our 64 parishes during Love the Boot Week! In addition to litter removal, volunteers ...

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