Keep Fort Worth Beautiful News & Events - January Edition





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Save the date for Cowtown Cleanup!
Mark your calendars!

Keep Fort Worth Beautiful is hosting its 38th Annual Cowtown Great American Cleanup on *Saturday, Mar. 25, 2023*. The Cowtown Great American Cleanup is our largest annual litter cleanup and beautification event of the year. In 2022, Cowtown Cleanup volunteers removed over?*100,000 pounds of trash*?from our city!

Join Keep Fort Worth Beautiful and thousands of volunteers across Fort Worth to make it a clean and safe city. Schools, churches, businesses and individuals are all welcome to join! *Registration opens Feb. 1, 2023*.?

*Special announcement - Earth Party returns*! This celebration is a show of appreciation to all the KFWB volunteers for their hard work and cleanup efforts. After the cleanup, volunteers will be treated to food, drinks, live music, animal adoptions, vendor promotions, and the Trashion Fashion Show.

For the latest information for this event, visit www.fortworthtexas.gov/cowtowncleanup [ [link removed] ].







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Volunteer cleanup spotlight

Residents and city employees clean up litter in the Highland Hills neighborhood.

Residents and City staff clean up litter in Highland Hills

The City's efforts towards a clean and safe city are off to a great start this year!?This past Saturday, the first City-led special event litter cleanup of the year was held in the Highland Hills area. A total of *42 volunteers and City employees* cleaned up neighborhood streets, medians, and Highland Hills Park.

In total*?17,475 pounds of litter *were removed! Thanks to everyone who helped, including the Helpful Honda volunteers from the North Texas Honda Dealers. Working together makes a huge difference!

Join the next cleanup on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, in the Caville/Stop Six neighborhood (76105). For more information, visit the KFWB Facebook event [ [link removed] ]. Sign up today [ [link removed] ]!

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Quorum Architects staff clean up litter around their offices.
Adopt-A-Spot Spotlight

The team from Quorum Architecture and Interior Design has adopted the section of Vickery Blvd. outside their business as a way to give back to their community. Staff at Quorum Architects spend time each month cleaning up litter as a team-building activity, and keeping their area looking great! You and your co-workers can do the same by adopting a street, median, or park near you.?Learn more about our Adopt-A-Spot program today [ [link removed] ]!


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Live sustainably in 2023!
Living sustainably

The new year is here, bringing the opportunity to take small steps toward living in a more environmentally-friendly way.?Click here for tips [ [link removed] ] from Air North Texas on how to live sustainably and improve the air quality in our community.?Every action matters, no matter how small!


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Where are you tossing...cardboard?

Cardboard does not belong in your bulk waste pile!?Recycle cardboard boxes correctly in just a few steps:


* Empty it: remove packing materials like Styrofoam or packing peanuts.
* Flatten it to save space.
* Ensure your box is clean and dry. Wet boxes can still be recycled once dried.
* Put it in your blue recycle cart.

Recycle your flattened cardboard boxes.
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Composting Corner

While the City still encourages residents to compost at home, we recognize that not everyone has the knowledge, time or space to do so. The City's Residential Food Waste Composting Program [ [link removed] ] is meant to help more families reduce their food waste while diverting additional materials away from the landfill.

Materials collected through this program are taken to a large-scale, commercial composting facility that maintains higher temperatures than backyard compost bins. These temperatures kill bacteria and break down foods that usually should not be composted in a backyard pile, such as bones from cooked meats, nut shells, large fruit pits, and even dairy or eggs. Check out below how much of your food waste can be composted, and sign up today!

*Learn more!* [ [link removed] ]


Fight food waste and divert more materials from the landfill through the City's food waste composting program.
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Upcoming Events

Join us for our next litter cleanup!

*February 11 - *

*8 a.m. - 12 p.m.*

*"Caville/Stop Six Special Event Litter Cleanup"*

Meet at the Boys and Girls Club - Greater Fort Worth, at 4651 Ramey Ave., 76105

Click here for more info [ [link removed] ]?or here to register [ [link removed] ].

"All litter supplies and water will be provided."

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Save the date for Cowtown Cleanup!

*March 25 - *

*8 a.m. - 11 a.m.*

*"Cowtown Great American Cleanup"*

*11 a.m. - 1 p.m.*

*"Earth Party"*

Save the date! Registration opens Feb. 1. Details coming soon.




Sign up for a free water-saving seminar!

*Fort Worth Water offers free seminars*

Registration is now open for Fort Worth Water?s YardSmart, and water-saving seminars!?


* Fort Worth Water [ [link removed] ]'s monthly?seminars?are resuming in February. Visit?savefortworthwater.org [ [link removed] ], and click on ?Classes and Events? to see the schedule. You can register for water-saving seminars up to one month before the scheduled date on?Eventbrite.com [ [link removed] ]. Set your Eventbrite account for notifications from Fort Worth Water events, so you can be the first to know when registration is available!
* The spring YardSmart [ [link removed] ] seminar is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., at the?Fort Worth Botanic Garden [ [link removed] ]. Classes are available both in English and Spanish. Sign up now [ [link removed] ]!

Enjoy your 2023 free gardening and water events and seminars from Fort Worth Water!






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Stop litter at its source!

*See Litter in Your Area?*

*Stop It!*

Stop litter at its source by properly disposing of it.

*Report It!*

Use the MyFW app or call 817-392-1234 to report it.

*Pick It Up!*

Lead a cleanup and remove it.


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Keep Fort Worth Beautiful [ [link removed] ]

*is a Keep America Beautiful affiliate.*

[email protected]

817-392-1234

FortWorthTexas.gov/KFWB [ [link removed] ]


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