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Houston will be greener after hundreds of volunteers put in some serious cleanup work for Keep Houston Beautiful Day on April 14th as part of the Great American Cleanup, a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) initiative. The Great American Cleanup in Houston starts March 31st and continues through May 28th.  To support this call to action, KAB has declared the first-ever “National Day of Action”, which will be held on April 28th. In Houston, volunteers will participate in a variety of large-scale cleanups and other coordinated activities focused on beautification and community greening. 

We encourage all citizens to sign up and volunteer at an event near them. (Families and large groups are welcome to volunteer as well.)  Just click on the above links to find out more information about the events or to sign up to volunteer!

Join the herd - practice environmental acts of n'ICEness this Earth Day!

 

The www.YellowPagesOptOut.com site is a key component of our industry’s source reduction and consumer choice initiative. The site, developed in partnership between the Local Search Association and the Association of Directory Publishers, provides a convenient and secure option for residents to control the number of Yellow Pages telephone directories they receive or to stop directory delivery entirely.  It is a completely free service for consumers and is provided at no charge to municipalities or organizations.

The Internet-based tool is specifically designed to prevent directories from being delivered to anyone who doesn't want one while ensuring that the majority of consumers who continue to rely upon and use the print Yellow Pages still receive them. Yellow Pages directories are an important advertising tool for small businesses whose success is critical to building strong local communities and economies. Information gathered through the site will not be sold to third parties and will be used solely to update publishers’ delivery information.

Effective Friday, July 1, 2011, the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department will change the days of operation at the six neighborhood depositories. The days of service will resume to "pre-Ike" days of operation and will be open from Wednesday through Sunday and closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Full operations and services will be maintained at six facilities five days a week, except holidays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., during daylight savings time. For more information please call, 713.541.1953.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of our community volunteers, and our Shell intern, Moriah Butler, the Keep Houston Beautiful newsletter is now available!  Please read about our past projects and partnerships with corporate and community sponsors throughout the Houston area.

2nd Quarter Newsletter
    

 

Earth Day is observed annually on April 22, and celebrated by more than 170 different countries around the world.  We encourage you to rally your community to protect our planet! Check out 10 easy ways to observe Earth Day, courtesy of Keep America Beautiful.

The City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department has opened two new neighborhood depositories/recycling centers for the citizens of Houston.  These two depositories are located:

North Houston:
9003 North Houston
Houston, Texas 77022
Press Release

Southwest Houston:
10785 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77074
Press Release

For more information, visit:http://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/index.html