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♻️🌟 Recycling just got easier in South Carolina with the introduction of the Recycle Here SC mobile phone app ♻️🌟 The app–developed through a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, PalmettoPride, and the South Carolina Beverage Association–consolidates information for South Carolina residents on what, where, and how to recycle different items at different locations across the state. 📣 Thank you to Lt. Governor Pamela Evette for joining the app launch and always striving to push the recycling industry forward in South Carolina. Be the change! Visit the Apple App Store or Google Play to download Recycle Here SC.

We kicked off the Greatest SC Cleanup at Eutaw Springs Battleground Park! 🇺🇸 🎊 ICYMI 👉 In conjunction with the America250 and the Greatest American Cleanup™ initiatives, PalmettoPride has pledged to host litter pickups along South Carolina's Liberty Trail leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. MANY thanks to the partners and representatives who made this kickoff possible: Keep America Beautiful President/CEO Jennifer Lawson, County of Orangeburg Council Chairman Johnny Wright and Council Member Janie Cooper Smith, South Carolina 250 CEO Molly Fortune, South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust Executive Director/CEO Rick Wise, and Orangeburg County 250 Commission Chairman and Keep Orangeburg County Beautiful Board Member Harold Donnelly. 📅 Stay tuned for the next cleanup: https://lnkd.in/eCa4bNhv.

💸 Grants for Good 💸 Keep Myrtle Beach Beautiful aims to bring together the City of Myrtle Beach, community organizations, and residents under one umbrella to focus litter prevention and beautification efforts throughout Myrtle Beach 🌊 In a new blog post, PalmettoPride Intern Megan Hamilton explains how our affiliate support grant provided KMBB the resources to build a volunteer network that continues to support over a dozen cleanups in the community each year 🔗 www.palmettopride.org/news.

#PartnersinPride🤝 Last week, Lt. Governor Pamela Evette moderated the Circularity Fireside Chat featuring Atlantic Packaging's Wes Carter and PalmettoPride's very own Executive Director Sarah Lyles at the 3rd Annual Sustain SC Symposium. Carter and Lyles weighed in on the intersections of a circular economy and recycling/litter in South Carolina ➡ Reducing, reusing, repairing, and repurposing materials for production and consumption in our state not only lowers emissions and protects our natural resources, it creates innovative solutions, reduces costs, increases profits, and saves consumers money. ♻️🌱 Sustain SC works with its members and partners to reduce waste by creating business solutions, including understanding the economics of end product demand and recycling form.

📣 REMINDER: We're kicking off the Greatest South Carolina Cleanup this Thursday, October 24th with a litter pickup at Eutaw Springs Battleground Park 🎉🇺🇸 In conjunction with the America250 and the Greatest American Cleanup™ initiatives, PalmettoPride, Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, and the South Carolina 250 Commission will host up to ten litter cleanups along our state’s Liberty Trail leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Join us in making this campaign a historic event! Thank you to our event partners for making this campaign kickoff possible! ➡️ Keep America Beautiful®, Keep Orangeburg County Beautiful, Orangeburg County Soil & Water Conservation District 🔗 More info: https://lnkd.in/eCa4bNhv. 📸: American Battlefield Trust

📅 Event Announcement 📅 Join PalmettoPride on Thursday, October 24th at Eutaw Springs Battleground Park as we kick off the Greatest South Carolina Cleanup campaign with a special presentation and a litter pickup 🚮 In conjunction with the America250 and the Greatest American Cleanup™ initiatives, PalmettoPride, Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, and the South Carolina 250 Commission will host up to ten litter cleanups along our state’s Liberty Trail leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 🇺🇸🎆 Thank you to our additional partners helping make history with this event! ➡️ Keep America Beautiful, Keep Orangeburg County Beautiful, Orangeburg County Soil & Water Conservation District, and the County of Orangeburg 🔗 More info: https://lnkd.in/eCa4bNhv.

Now announcing the 2025 PalmettoPride Tree Grant recipients 🌲🏆 Annually, PalmettoPride offers Tree Grants to municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and environmental groups across South Carolina. Tree Grant recipients must plant donated trees in public spaces, such as parks or schools, that are accessible to all citizens. This grant cycle, PalmettoPride awarded 939 trees to 13 organizations across 11 South Carolina counties -- congratulations to this year's recipients! ⬇️ ▪ Keep Aiken County Beautiful, Aiken County Government ▪ City of Aiken, SC ▪ City of Cayce ▪ West Ashley High School ▪ Aiken High School ▪ City of Newberry, SC ▪ Keep Dorchester Counter Beautiful, Dorchester County Government ▪ Westminster Catawba Christian School ▪ Florence Center ▪ Hub City Church, SPARTANBURG COUNTY ▪ Ridge Park Neighborhood Association More information on this year's recipients 〰️ www.palmettopride.org.

🌟 2024 South Carolina Leaders in Litter Prevention Announced 🌟 Earlier this month, PalmettoPride and the South Carolina Litter Control Association partnered to host the annual Litter Summit in Myrtle Beach. Each year, PalmettoPride spotlights outstanding leadership across the Keep South Carolina affiliate network. Please join us in recognizing the achievements of these leaders helping move our state towards a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful future 🏆 🌱 This year's award winners: ▪ Program of the Year | Clara's Kids Club, Keep Charleston Beautiful ▪ Board Member of the Year | Donna Lyles, Keep Berkeley Beautiful ▪ Educator of the Year | Leslie Hatchell, Keep York County Beautiful, York County Recycling ▪ SCDOT Partner of the Year | Kim Bobo, Greenville County, SC ▪ Volunteer of the Year | Michael San Francisco, Keep Greenville County Beautiful ▪ Senator Thomas Award | Jamie Nelson, Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement 🔗 More information about this year's award winners: https://bit.ly/3Bo4Tys.

This week, PalmettoPride Executive Director Sarah Lyles and KSCB Affiliate Services & Special Projects Manager Joseph Berry attended the Keep America Beautiful® Power of Beauty event in NYC. The event brought state and local affiliates from around the country together to celebrate the official launch of the Greatest American Cleanup 🇺🇸 🎉 Learn more about the #GAC2025 initiative here: https://lnkd.in/gh_4cw9J. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful KEEP DELAWARE BEAUTIFUL INC Missy Marshall

#TrashTuesday Our mission of achieving a litter-free SC would not be possible without partnering organizations -- just this weekend, Keep Berkeley Beautiful and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officers and staff held the annual Berkeley County Beach Sweep/River Sweep at Hatchery Wildlife Management Area Landing ⛺️🎣 Berkeley County South Carolina Game Wardens, Alix Pedraza (DNR Community Engagement Coordinator), and 26 volunteers from Latinos Aventureros en las Carolinas and Mujeres Latinas de Carolina del Sur groups joined forces to clear the beach and removed 38 bags of trash 👏💯 Events like this truly show that team work makes the dream work 🤝 Our organization is proud to provide supplies to make litter cleanups easy for the dedicated volunteers in our state. #DoBeautifulThings #LitterTrashesEveryone