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06-07-2020 Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions

Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions is Awarded $1,000

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Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, in Fairfax County, will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Recycling project.

FACS is a non-partisan organization that creates interfaith partnerships in Northern Virginia to develop local solutions to climate crisis. They established a powerful program that has collected more than 1,500 pounds of plastic bags and film, working with three faith communities in an initial 2019 to 2020 pilot program. Instead of ending up in landfills or poisoning our waterways and oceans, the plastic film is recycled into decking and outdoor furniture by Trex, Inc. FACS will use their funds to promote and support their network of faith communities to start recycling programs throughout Northern Virginia.

Less plastic in the landscape and more Trex benches — it’s a win-win for this award winner!

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Washington Henry Elem. has $1K in the Bag!

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Washington Henry Elementary School has been awarded a $1,000 grant in the Plastic Bag Recycling Category.   Washington Henry Elementary School (WHES) is a bright “green” spot in Hanover County and has been the starting point for many “green” projects, initiatives, and events.  WHES realizes the importance of educating its community about plastic bag recycling and the need for reusable bags as the permanent long term solution to decrease the plastic bag waste stream and litter problem.  Their goal is to use the grant funds for a fall community clean-up event and the production of hundreds of canvas reusable bags, with a simple message of reduce, reuse, and recycle.  For more information about Washington Henry Elementary School or their project, please contact Cary Crone at 804-212-7671.

The KVB grant program focuses greater resources and attention on individual localities throughout the Commonwealth and how they are addressing the issues of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education.  KVB provided the opportunity for government, non-profit and/or service organizations in Virginia to apply for one of (30) $1,000 grants in three different categories: 10 grants for plastic bag reduction and recycling, 10 grants for cigarette litter prevention, and 10 grants for community greening and beautification.  These grants are made possible by KVB’s partners, Walmart and Waste Management.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment.  Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information through these 5 impact areas:  Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling,Beautification, and Environmental Education.

Clean Fairfax

Clean Fairfax Bags a Grand!

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The Clean Fairfax Council has been awarded a $1,000 grant in the Plastic Bag Recycling Category.   The Clean Fairfax Council (CFC) will use the grant funds to create an annual Plastic Bag Recycling Day and Contest to coincide with their Harvest Festival.  Plastic bags are an insidious piece of the litter puzzle in Fairfax County and education is the key to combat this problem.  Reusable bags will continue to be given out for the residents of Fairfax and surrounding areas however this does not stop the problem of plastic bag litter.  Educating children, their parents, their teachers and their neighbors is the only way to change the behaviors of the community as a whole.  Teaching them that there are reuses for plastic bags and that they can easily be recycled and then made into something else like Trex decking is the key to the plastic bag litter puzzle.  For more information of the Clean Fairfax Council or their project, please contact Jennifer Cole at 703-324-5471.

The KVB grant program focuses greater resources and attention on individual localities throughout the Commonwealth and how they are addressing the issues of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education.

KVB provided the opportunity for government, non-profit and/or service organizations in Virginia to apply for one of (30) $1,000 grants in three different categories: 10 grants for plastic bag reduction and recycling, 10 grants for cigarette litter prevention, and 10 grants for community greening and beautification.  These grants are made possible by KVB’s partners, Walmart and Waste Management.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment.  Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information through these 5 impact areas:  Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling, Beautification, and Environmental Education.

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Scott County Tourism Bags $1,000!

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Scott County Tourism has been awarded a $1,000 grant in the Plastic Bag Recycling Category.  The KVB grant program focuses greater resources and attention on individual localities throughout the Commonwealth and how they are addressing the issues of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education.

Scott County Tourism would like to combat the Plastic Bag litter problem by eliminating the use of plastic bags by the tourism board.  It plans to use the grant funds to purchase reusable bags as giveaways for their visitors and residents as a greener solution to bag usage.  In addition, Scott County Tourism would like to go a step further and provide their citizens and visitors education about the problems and hazards of plastic bags becoming litter and that their value can increase substantially by reusing and/or recycling them.  Their reusable bag initiative would increase public awareness about the value of reducing, reusing & recycling and show their community their commitment to creating greener solutions for Scott County’s future.  For more information about Scott County Tourism or their project, please contact Assistant Director of Tourism  Jennifer Puckett at 276-386-6521.

KVB provided the opportunity for government, non-profit and/or service organizations in Virginia to apply for one of (30) $1,000 grants in three different categories: 10 grants for plastic bag reduction and recycling, 10 grants for cigarette litter prevention, and 10 grants for community greening and beautification.  These grants are made possible by KVB’s partners, Walmart and Waste Management.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment.  Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information through these 5 impact areas:  Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling, Beautification, and Environmental Education.

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Russell Co. Environmental Control WINS $1K Grant

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Russell County Environmental Control & Recycling has been awarded a $1,000 grant in the Plastic Bag Recycling Category.  The KVB grant program focuses greater resources and attention on individual localities throughout the Commonwealth and how they are addressing the issues of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education.

The Russell County Environmental Control and Recycling Department will use this grant to promote resource conservation by providing reusable shopping bags and multiple collection points for the recycling of plastic bags.  Russell County Government, along with the Towns of Lebanon, Honaker, and Cleveland, will work with Trex to create various plastic bag collection points and distribute free reusable canvas bags to residents and merchants with a message to conserve our precious natural resources, cut down on litter, and the value of using reusable.  For more information on Russell County Environmental Control and Recycling or their project, please contact Bobby Justus at 276-889-8145.

KVB provided the opportunity for government, non-profit and/or service organizations in Virginia to apply for one of (30) $1,000 grants in three different categories: 10 grants for plastic bag reduction and recycling, 10 grants for cigarette litter prevention, and 10 grants for community greening and beautification.  These grants are made possible by KVB’s partners, Walmart and Waste Management.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment.  Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information through these 5 impact areas:  Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling,Beautification, and Environmental Education.