Volunteers wanted to pick up trash, recycle in Louisiana. See how to sign up
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - This year's Love the Boot Week, a campaign dedicated to statewide trash cleanup, is set to start on Saturday, April 20, and go through Sunday, April 28.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Keep Louisiana Beautiful started the week with a news conference at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19 at the Capitol Park Museum.
“Love the Boot Week empowers businesses, nonprofits, governmental entities, schools and individual citizens to clean up and beautify their communities,” said Nungesser. “According to a recent KLB litter study, 92% of people in Louisiana think litter is a problem. We need everyone in every parish doing their part to stop litter from hurting our Sportsman’s Paradise.”
KLB said it will launch the largest litter removal effort in Louisiana with over 650 cleanup and beautification events planned in all 64 parishes.
Over 12,750 Louisianans volunteered during Love the Boot Week in 2023. They gave 61,493 hours and removed 313 tons of litter in all 64 parishes, according to KLB.
“Removing litter is important, and KLB is proud to support local cleanup efforts by donating 525 supply boxes of volunteer t-shirts, bags and gloves,” said KLB Executive Director Susan Russell. “However, we know removal is only one piece to solving the litter problem. Litter prevention through education, accountability and awareness are all critical components. We must shift attitudes, behaviors and a culture that accepts litter as the norm.”
Officials said volunteers focused on more than litter removal last year. They also worked on community beautification, planting 370 trees and 3,542 plants and fixing up 146 gardens.
KLB said recycling is a key part of Love the Book Week. Coca-Cola is funding the recycling of plastic bottles and cans for over 120 litter cleanups in 15 parishes. This is a big change from the 2023 recycling effort where 3,506 aluminum cans and plastic bottles were collected at 13 Love the Boot Week events.
Click here if you are interested in signing up to volunteer.
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