What Kinds of Things Does TCB Do?

Litter, Graffiti, Blight, Neglect: Prevention & Mitigation,

Waste Reduction, Public Works Outreach, Smart Sustainability

Litter, Graffiti, Blight, Neglect: Prevention & Mitigation,

Organize and facilitate neighborhood cleanups/education including helping secure dumpsters and other tools and equipment for volunteers.
Organize and facilitate Adopt-a-Spot programs at key areas in the County.
Help local and state Transportation Agencies make Adopt-a-Highway partnerships effective.
Organize a trash can loaner program at locations where pedestrian litter has become an issue.
Conduct annual surveys, generate and distribute an annual litter report card for the community.
Organize and communicate the creation of litter free school zones in the area.
Generate an annual litter cost study to show progress and demonstrate the need for citizen involvement to allay needless public expenditures.
Organize and facilitate waterway/river/lake cleanups/education
Help organize and measure local participation in the national Great American Cleanup™ event.
Educate and award neighborhoods and local HOAs on successful resident-driven litter prevention and mitigation programs.
Distribute the acclaimed Waste In Place litter prevention/recycling curriculum and activities in local K-12 schools.
Make litter prevention presentations to business, community and residential organizations.
Distribute locally relevant PSAs/Social Media/Social Marketing programs around the litter issue.
Help organizations organize and execute ‘litter-free events”
Distribute and train local developers and other contractors on the Clean Builder program
Facilitate a Cigarette Litter Prevention Program at public events in the County.

Community Beautification & Greening, Neighborhood Care

Waste Reduction, Public Works Outreach, Smart Sustainability

Litter, Graffiti, Blight, Neglect: Prevention & Mitigation,

Help organize and measure local participation in the national Great American Cleanup™ event.
Distribute Waste In Place community beautification curriculum and activities in local schools
Distribute Graffiti Hurts education materials in local high schools, youth organizations and businesses.
Conduct Graffiti abatement events Create a “Paint Bank” along with regional Solid Waste agencies using discarded paints to be distributed locally and used for graffiti mitigation efforts.
Facilitate Tree-plantings throughout the area. Conduct an Arbor Day event and aid other local organizations, businesses and residential organizations participate in Arbor Day plantings.
Aid local governments in conducting an Ordinance review to ensure they are working to help citizens and businesses participate meaningfully in maintaining a beautiful community.
Help the community and local groups such as Coops to establish a USDA People’s Garden in the region.
Help in the establishment of a Community/edible garden open to residents.
Conduct Bulb planting events at important areas in the County.
Facilitate “gateway enhancements” at borders of the region to enhance the image of the Tri-Cities as a “beautiful place” that cares for its appearance as a quality of life issue.
Facilitate illegal small sign removal programs with volunteers on government rights of way.
Facilitate local involvement in the national Tree Keepers program
Conduct vacant lot improvement events.
Help get volunteers involved in weed control in areas that are historically untended.

Waste Reduction, Public Works Outreach, Smart Sustainability

Help local government educate Tri-Cities residents on the economic and environmental benefits of minimizing waste we send to the landfill.
Distribute information to residents on how to best utilize local transfer stations in order to keep taxes down and keep the Tri-Cities region sustainable and beautiful.
Help organize and measure local participation in the national Great American Cleanup™ event.
Distribute Waste In Place waste reduction and recycling curriculum and activities in elementary and middle and high schools.
Facilitate local participation in America Recycles Day Facilitate and organize materials exchange events and partnerships.
Help educate about composting and organize and facilitate composting programs at the household, neighborhood and regional levels.
Help neighborhoods and other organizations conduct a recycling program or education event
Facilitate Phone book, Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Christmas tree and other bulk collections
Facilitate Household Hazardous Waste collection
Distribute 254 Million Tons of Trash poster locally
Facilitate School recycling programs
Conduct Waste in the Workplace workshops for local businesses.
Highlight businesses in the region who go the extra mile to create recycling and reuse programs in the workplace and around the shop.
Work with local construction businesses and other non profit organizations to increase reuse of household construction and demolition waste to divert it from landfills and into useful purposes.