Our Mission:
Keep Nebraska City Beautiful is a community based program formed to inspire residents to take actions that improve and beautify our city.
Recycling
Recycling is the top action society can do to simultaneously improve: the environment, the economy, sustainable manufacturing and to prevent waste from going into oceans.
Not only does it reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills, many Americans do not realize it helps create jobs in the recycling and manufacturing industries in the United States and increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials.
2.5
Million Plastic Bottles
Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year.
25,000
cans in a lifetime
The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in a lifetime. Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours.
3,000
Pounds per second
Almost half of the food in the U.S. goes to waste - approximately 3,000 pounds per second. Food waste can be used for composting and sold to farmers.
* SOURCE EPA: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/recycling-basics
Sustainability Spotlight
Mission Field Treatment Facility
1104 3rd Avenue, Nebraska City
Owners Vic & Jerry Johns
Adopt-A-Highway Mile Markers 49-51
Katie Dia
NCHS Senior
“A Wave of Reality: Let’s Change the Tides” project to clean up the oceans
Selling reusable metal straws and biodegradable tote bags
Concrete Industries (Nebco)
Derek Busch, Real Estate Sales & Development Manager, 402-473-3685
Helping a Nebraska City citizen haul out truck loads of metal from their land
Grade School Class Clean-up Volunteers
If you or your group would like to be recognized for litter reduction, beautification, or recycling volunteerism, please let us know!
Keep Nebraska City Beautiful helps:
end littering
Litter is more than just a blight on our landscape. Litter is costly to clean up and impacts our quality of life. Learn about our programs and events to help you take action in your community.
improve recycling
By educating and engaging individuals to recycle more of the right things the right way—at home, at work and on-the-go—we can help make recycling more convenient and economically viable.
beautify the community
We envision a country where every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live. Want to know more about how you can get involved in the community?
Community
Our community programs focus on improving and beautifying the places we live. We have partnered with numerous organizations in the United States to bring the importance of a clean community to Nebraska City. From America Recycles Day to Clean Your Block for AppleJack, there is an opportunity for everyone to get involved.
Great American clean up
The Keep America Beautiful Great American CleanupTM is the nation's largest annual cleanup and community improvement event
America Recycles day
America Recycles Day is a nationally-recognized day that celebrates and promotes recycling in the U.S and falls on November 15th.
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January 2018
“We want the community to know we are pushing forward with the organization of KNCB to promote litter reduction, recycling, and beautification. It will be a reality.”
Patty Coates / Nebraska City News Press