Join Us at Trash Mountain
Photo: The 2012 Trash Mountain piled up at Waste Management.
Join Us for the A Litter Bit Better! Trash Mountain Results!
Have you noticed the sudden appearance of green trash bags and blue recycling bags along roadsides, at parks, and in the hands of litter pickers?
This year, over 3,000 volunteers trolled for litter at over 200 locations in Rochester during the 7th annual A Litter Bit Better! city-wide clean-up event. How much litter and recycling was plucked from our City grounds?
Join us at the big weigh-in at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30th at the Waste Management scale house in Rochester (6670
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A Litter Bit Better 2013
Pick it up on April 20-27
During the week of April 20-27, 2013, volunteers from Rochester neighborhoods, businesses, groups, and individuals will once again, be joining together to pick up the litter in our community. Last year 5.96 tons of litter was picked up across 78% of Rochester by 226 groups, a total of 3116 total volunteers. Check out the stats from last year on our website.
You can help by volunteering to pick up Rochester. Register on our website or by calling 507-328-2431.
April 20-27
Groups collect litter across Rochester
We need your help!
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2012-13 A Litter Bit Better! Poster Contest Winners
For the sixth year, we challenged all fourth grade students in Rochester to draw a brightly colored picture that displays:
Why it is important to not litter
How you will make Rochester A Litter Bit Better!
There were 162 entries from 6 schools (11 classrooms) across Rochester. With all of these fun and colorful entries it was a tough choice but our team of judges narrowed it down to one winner per school (who submitted entries) and one Grand Prize winner.
2012-2013 A Litter Bit Better! Poster Contest Winners
Grand Prize Winner
Hoover Elementary
Nathan Eberthart
Gibbs Elementary
Alan Cowl
Sunset Terrace
Ella Radman
Bamber Valley
Katherine Bi‐Ji
St. Francis
AnnaMarie Sieve
St. John the Evangelist
Lizzie
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Bounty on Cigarette Butts in Downtown Rochester
The “Butt Kickers!” of John Adams accept the Challenge on Friday, June 1st
Have you noticed the cigarette butts on the ground as you walk around the streets of Downtown Rochester? According to Keep America Beautiful, 85% of all cigarette butts smoked in public become litter. These butts are an eyesore in our community and are a threat to the health of waterways. Enough is enough. It is time for behavior to change in Rochester.
The Rochester Downtown Alliance and the and the Make Rochester A Litter Butt Better! program have placed a bounty on cigarette butts in the downtown area and the
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A Litter Bit Better! 2012 Final Results
The final results are in! Over 13,1000 pounds of waste was collected during 2012’s A Litter Bit Better! event. Over 3,116 volunteers in 245 groups picked up over 5,635 acres in Rochester! Neighborhoods were beautified, citizens gave back to their community, and all of that waste was prevented from polluting our land and water. While 12,000+ pounds of litter is a very large number, it is 9,042 pounds less than last year! It is exciting to see the downward trend of litter collected year after year, even with volunteer numbers staying steady.
Organizers expanded the program this year, specifically targeting non-English
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Join Mayor Brede for Trash Mountain
Photo: The 2011 Trash Mountain piled up at Waste Management.
Have you noticed the sudden appearance of green trash bags and blue recycling bags along roadsides, at parks, and in the hands of litter pickers? This year, over 3,000 volunteers trolled for litter at over 200 locations in Rochester during the 6th annual A Litter Bit Better! city-wide clean-up event.
How much litter and recycling was plucked from our City grounds?
Join Mayor Ardell Brede at the big weigh-in at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1st at the Waste Management scale house in Rochester (6670 11th Ave SW). See this year’s “Trash Mountain” and
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A Litter Bit Better 2012
Pick it up on April 21-28
During the week of April 21-28, 2012, volunteers from Rochester neighborhoods, businesses, groups, and individuals will once again, be joining together to pick up the litter in our community. Last year nearly 10.5 tons (or 20,962 pounds) of waste were collected by 3,334 volunteers in 242 groups. Check out the stats from last year on our website.
You can help by volunteering to pick up Rochester. Register after March 1 on our website or by calling 507-328-2431.
April 21-28
Groups collect litter across Rochester
We need your help!
Check our website for more about A Litter Bit Better! and for information
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A Litter Bit Better Posters
English (main flyer)
English (active living)
Khmer
Arabic
Bosnian
Hmong
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese
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Litter Pick-up Accessories
Clean up your neighborhood and put litter where it belongs – In the Trash.
Nab litter all year round and Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better!
OFFER VALID MARCH 1 – APRIL 30, 2012
This promotion is brought to you by Arnolds Supply and Kleenit Company. Information sheets for Nifty Nabbers posted here and for the cigarette receptacles posted here.
Place your order today.
Arnolds Supply
Phone: 289-2393
835 – 38th Street Northwest
Rochester, MN 55901
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Earth Month Proclamation 2012
Mayor Brede will kick off Earth Month at his Environmental Awareness Month Proclamation, April 3, 10 am at Rotunda of the Government Center. This Proclamation celebrates the many positive environmental events occurring in Rochester this spring including the city-wide litter pick up campaign “Let’s Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better”, Quarry Hill Nature Center’s Earth Day FANfair, the 2012 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award Winners, the RNeighborWoods Community 1,200 Tree Planting and more!
2012 Environmental Awareness Month Proclamation
WHEREAS, Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, 2012 and Arbor Day is Friday, April 27, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Earth Day and Arbor Day inspire many organizations to host
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