Let's Work Together to Remove Litter
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What can you do to help?
Law enforcement officials need your help in fighting environmental crime. Citizens may help prevent illegal dumping by doing the following:
- Always dispose of your own litter and trash appropriately, and encourage others to do the same.
- Do not transport unsecured debris in the back of a vehicle, always use a tarp or other cover.
- Spread the word to friends, neighbors, and other citizens that illegal dumping is a crime.
- Organize volunteer cleanups of illegal dump sites. People are less likely to dump in clean areas.
- Write or call your local or county elected officials and let them know that illegal dumping is a concern in your community.
How do you report an illegal dump site?
Call the Report Illegal Dumping Hotline at 888-335-DUMP, or submit a report at www.reportDFWdumping.org
How You Can Help
Volunteer Your Time
How You Can Help
Adopt-a-street!
Join us for a group litter pick up.
Or simply pick up any trash you see in your yard or your neighbors yard and dispose of it properly.
Volunteer Your Time
Volunteer Your Time
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Volunteer!
Join us if you have any free time and want to make our town beautiful. We are a group of volunteers who love our town and want to keep it as free of litter as much as we possible can.
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Check out Keep Lago Vista Beautiful's upcoming events, including fundraisers, community outreach events, and volunteer opportunities. We are always looking for new ways to engage with our community.
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Join Keep Lago Vista Beautiful's team and help make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We offer a variety of volunteer opportunities, from administrative roles to program coordinators.
LAGO LITTER CHALLENGE
ADOPT - A - STREET
A Texas-size thank you to 154 Lago Vista Citizens - adopting 127 street sections!!
Pitch in to keep Lago Vista beautiful. Join the Lago Litter Challenge and adopt a street in your neighborhood. More than one hundred of our neighbors have already adopted streets. We still have orphan streets that need some love. If you would like to adopt a street join the #lagolitterchallenge Facebook Group and leave a comment with the street you want to adopt or contact Frank Coletta coletta_j@msn.com.
LITTER FACTS:
Approximately 435 million pieces of visible litter accumulate on Texas roadways each year.
One of the most common pieces of litter is paper products. A considerable amount of paper litter in Lago Vista comes from recycle cart spillage during collection. Our recycle material is not bagged like our trash. When the carts are picked up lightweight loose pieces can fall out and are carried by the wind to litter our streets and roads. Overfilling recycle carts is a common cause of spills. Cart lids should be tightly closed as shown above. Other ways to avoid spillage is to avoid putting separate small pieces of paper into the cart. Put small pieces of paper in recycled envelops. Break down cardboard boxes. Put shredded paper in paper bags. Finally, check the area and pick up and spilled items. If we all accept the Lago Litter Challenge we can reduce unsightly litter and Keep Lago Vista Beautiful.
If every person in Texas picked up just two pieces of trash every month, our streets and highways would be completely litter-free in just one year!!