LITTER PREVENTION

"Plant Pride, Not Litter" is Ohio’s statewide litter prevention and clean-up campaign, introduced in 2001.

It is considered one of the best programs in the country and was recently awarded first place at the national Keep America Beautiful conference in Washington D.C. Keep America Beautiful is a nonprofit public education organization dedicated to encouraging individuals to take responsibility for improving their communities.

The national organization has more than 500 state, county and city affiliate programs, including 34 programs in Ohio. The national award marks the fourth time that the Ohio Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention has been recognized by Keep America Beautiful.

The National Soft Drink Association (NSDA) also recognized the “Plant Pride, Not Litter” campaign with a first place in the NSDA Comprehensive Litter Prevention Awards program. The goal of this awards program is to recognize and reward innovative efforts to protect the land and prevent litter.

Litter Summits are important components of the "Plant Pride, Not Litter" campaign. These are planning sessions that bring together community, civic, government and business leaders to design a comprehensive litter prevention and enforcement plan for their community.

The plans can include activities such as education programs for schools, public awareness campaigns for the community, increases in law enforcement, and cleanup programs for problem areas. Measuring the impact, educational value and cost effectiveness of a community’s litter prevention program and reporting those results back to the community is also very important and keeps the community involved.

Lucky the Ladybug is Ohio’s First Lady of litter prevention! She is the centerpiece of our anti-litter campaign for children aged 5-11. Lucky the Ladybug visits county fairs, special events, parades and litter cleanup activities in communities across Ohio to spread her litter prevention message.

You can find her fun activity book “Lucky’s Adventures in Litterville” on our website.

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