Keep Jackson Beautiful and Great American Clean-Up campaign

This comes from Vernon Hartley, Solid Waste Manager of the City.

Dear Community / Neighborhood Leader,

The annual Keep Jackson Beautiful and Great American Clean-Up campaign is from March 1 – May 30.

If any community want to organize a clean-up effort and needs assistance (garbage bags, waste pick-up, T-shirts, etc,), please contact this office with the following information:

Community Contact Person
Phone number
Date and location of clean-up effort
Number of volunteers

Another option is to center a community event around the Roll off Dumpster Day, where a dumpster is placed in each ward on the 2nd Saturday of each month (MARCH 7, APRIL 12 , and MAY 10). Locations within the ward are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

Again, please let us know how we can best help in assisting community clean-up efforts.

The Great American Clean-UP

Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers and attendees. The hardworking volunteers donated more than 7.7 million hours in 2007 to clean, beautify and improve more than 17,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities included beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events.

Vernon Hartley, Manager
Solid Waste Division
Public Works Department
Accredited by the American Public Works Association
601.960.1193 Office
601-960-1174 Fax
601-566-9797 Cell
vhartley@city.jackson.ms.us

City of Jackson
Department of Public Works
200 South President Street
P.O. Box 17
Jackson MS 39205-0017