Keep Sugar Land Beautiful

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful recently won a $10,000 UPS Foundation Community Improvement Grant to provide six Planet Earth Carts to local schools. The Planet Earth Cart is an environmental education resource that includes books, games, DVD's, and hands on activities. The UPS grant was given to only 16 Keep America Beautiful affiliates across the nation. The award supports organizations with outstanding litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling, beautification and community greening programs.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with Whole Foods Market invites you to join us for refreshments and recycling tips at the Whole Foods Market in Sugar Land on Saturday, March 6 at 1:00 pm. What can be recycled in your curbside bin? Where can you donate gently used items for reuse? Where can you recycle your cell phone or computer? This is the perfect opportunity to have your recycling questions answered – please plan to join us!

Would you like a little R and R?  Please join us at the Whole Foods Market in Sugar Land on Tuesday, November 10 at noon.  Whole Foods Market will provide delicious refreshments and Keep Sugar Land Beautiful will provide recycling tips and answer your recycling questions.  What can be recycled in your curbside bin?  Where can you donate gently used items? Where can you recycle an old cell phone, TV, or computer? What should you do with leftover paint?

America Recycles Day and Texas Recycles Day is November 15 – are you ready?
This is your chance to learn how easy it is to recycle.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful is a 501c3 nonprofit affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful dedicated to educate and engage everyone to take responsibility for the environmental health of our community.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with the City of Sugar Land, the Houston Galveston Area Council, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality brought the nationally recognized "Garbage is My Bag" show to the public and private middle school sixth graders in Sugar Land on May 12 and May 13.

Recycling Collection Event – 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
(located in the parking lot adjacent to City Hall)

• Eagle Electronic Resources will be on-hand to collect household electronics such as TVs, VCRs, stereos, computers, printers, keyboards, scanners, cell phones, digital cameras, pagers and PDAs for recycling and reuse. Both working and non-working electronic equipment will be accepted free of charge from Sugar Land residents, and each resident participating in the electronics recycling event will be entered into a drawing for a FREE 42-inch TV.
• The Fort Bend County Women's Center will be in attendance to accept donations of clothing and household items for resale at the Fort Bend County Women's Center PennyWise Resale locations. The revenue from the sale of these donations will assist survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Fort Bend Seniors will also be on-hand to collect gently used items such as small electric appliances, bed linens, towels, blankets, and small tools for Fort Bend County senior citizens.
• Residents will also have the opportunity to bring their paper and media discs (CDs, DVDs, and floppy discs) for shredding by On-Site Shred, a document destruction company. Upon conclusion of the event, the shredded material will be recycled.

MYAC Environmental Activity Booths: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Mayor's Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) selected an environmentally themed service project this program year, and the organization has partnered with the City to host a series of environmental activity booths on the Plaza at Town Square during the performance by Vocal Trash. These activities will include face painting, arts and crafts, and a recycling game.

Performance by Vocal Trash: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The City of Sugar Land and Keep Sugar Land Beautiful have partnered with Sugar Land Town Square and Republic Services to host a performance by Vocal Trash, a Texas-based group known for their unique combination of music, dance and comedy while utilizing recycled materials such as a gas can guitar and milk urn bass. The group has traveled all over the world performing at Earth Day events and state fairs, as well as private events for Corporations such as American Airlines and Cingular Wireless. Their performance appeals to all ages and will be a valuable addition to the Earth Day activities.

For more information, contact 281-275-2170 or solidwaste@sugarlandtx.gov

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rock: Sugar Land Earth Day Celebration Ad

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful's 17th Annual Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off will be held Saturday, April 10. Please make plans to help us pick up litter and keep Sugar Land beautiful – your help is needed! Groups and individuals of all ages are invited to participate. Registration forms may be downloaded. Registration ends March 26.

2010 Trash Off Volunteer Registration Form

2010 Trash Off Sponsor Form

Need a little R & R this summer? Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with the City of Sugar Land and Whole Foods Market invites you to join us for Refreshments and Recycling tips at Whole Foods Market on Tuesday, July 28 at 2:00 pm. This is a perfect opportunity to have your recycling questions answered.

At the Gillingham Location, we are now accepting the following plastics:

These facilities are open 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. In addition to these drop-off facilities, the City also offers curbside recycling.

Have you "bin" thinking about recycling?

Allied Waste provides once-a-week curbside recycling and provides each home in Sugar Land with one free 18-gallon blue bin. The curbside collection program is included as part of the City’s solid waste residential collection services. The City of Sugar Land's curbside recycling program is currently utilized by more than 60% of residents.