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Lead The Change : Join The Greatest American Cleanup!

No matter the size of your group—whether it’s a handful of friends, a club, or a large organization—you can be a force for good in your community. The Greatest American Cleanup is your chance to be part of the largest cleanup effort in history, just in time for America’s 250th Birthday on July 4, 2026.

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Composite graphic: six women in yellow hi-vis vests raise litter grabbers on a shoreline under blue sky, framed in a circle with daffodils across the foreground, a monarch butterfly at the right and red line-drawn trees at the base. A GREATEST AMERICAN CLEANUP, FOR AMERICA'S 250TH badge sits at the top left.
Banner artwork: four people in orange safety vests raise their arms in celebration in front of scrubby trees, with filled rubbish sacks and collected debris at their feet, beside the round Keep America Beautiful cleanup seal.

I pledge to lead my community in the Greatest American Cleanup, working together to create a cleaner, greener future. We’ll pick up litter, recycle, plant native species, and inspire everyone to join us in beautifying our neighborhoods. Together, we’ll make a lasting impact and celebrate a more beautiful community by America’s 250th Birthday on July 4, 2026.

More Ways You Can Inspire, Encourage and Activate Your Community

America’s neighborhoods need leaders like you! Across 25,000 communities, groups are stepping up to take charge of picking up litter, boosting recycling, and beautifying public spaces. By leading a cleanup or organizing a local beautification project, you’ll be inspiring others to join the Greatest American Cleanup and creating a brighter, greener future for everyone.

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Ready to make a difference?

Download our simple guide on how to organize a cleanup complete with tips, checklists, and safety precautions.

Learn more

Inspire others to join the Greatest American Cleanup!

Download our communication toolkit complete with logo, event flyers and a few social media assets to help spread the word.

Learn more

Encourage your local, city, and state leaders to sign our Declaration of Action!

This simple framework makes it easy to keep your communities clean, green and beautiful.

Learn more
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Thank You to Our Ambassador Organizations

We’re proud to recognize the incredible organizations that go above and beyond to support the Greatest American Cleanup. Our Ambassador organizations play a vital role in spreading the message, engaging their members, and helping communities across the country take action. If you’d like to learn more about becoming an Ambassador, please contact David Wheeler at dwheeler@kab.org.

Logo on white: a lime green balloon overlapping a grey sea turtle, its long grey ribbon trailing down through the words BALLOON MISSION in blue capitals, with the tagline COLLECT PROTECT PRESERVE below.
Wide white logo panel: an oversized monogram pairing a dark navy D with a golden-yellow F and dot, with DRUCKER+FALK spelled out in spaced capitals underneath, the first word navy and the second yellow.
Bright green logo on white: a geometric turtle formed from angular chevrons with a small orange diamond at its centre, above the stacked words NATIONAL SAVE THE SEA TURTLE FOUNDATION.
Logo on white: a light blue spiral formed from a curling line, next to the stacked navy capitals LEAVE NO TRACE.
Circular logo: a globe split into orange, white and green with a blue spoked wheel, and a Hindu deity figure with multiple arms at the centre; NRIVA arches above in orange-to-green letters and Connecting to Serve curves below in blue script.
Round emblem showing a yellow sun over a black city skyline and green hills with houses and a winding road, ringed by "New Jersey Clean Communities"
Plain black wordmark on white reading Bryant & Stratton College, set in heavy sans-serif type across three lines.
Circular badge illustration of a sea turtle swimming through water strewn with a plastic bag, bottle, can, wrapper, fishing line and an orange starfish; curved script reads Reel it in above and for the Reefs below.

Our Latest Stories

From Highways to Coastlines: New Research Uncovers the True Scope of Litter in America

June 15, 2026 · McCall Vrydaghs

Listen to this podcast episode exploring the methodology, data collection, and key insights behind the Keep America Beautiful 2026 National Litter Study.

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Undescribed photograph from Keep America Beautiful Recycling Pilot Shows Strong Results at Grand Teton National Park. No description was migrated for this image.

Keep America Beautiful Recycling Pilot Shows Strong Results at Grand Teton National Park

June 15, 2026 · McCall Vrydaghs

Collaboration with TerraCycle® and Grand Teton Lodge Company®, with support from the National Park Foundation helped reduce landfilled waste, improve diversion, and create new recycling options for hard-to-recycle materials.

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National Secure Your Load Day on June 6 Marks 10 Years of Raising Awareness About Preventable Roadway Hazards

June 5, 2026 · McCall Vrydaghs

According to the Keep America Beautiful 2026 National Litter Study, an estimated 454 million pieces of roadway litter are linked to unsecured loads.

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Do you have a story about work being done in your community? If so, we would love to hear from you.

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I Pledge to Join the Greatest American Cleanup

I pledge to join the Greatest American Cleanup to help create a cleaner, greener community. I'll pick up litter, recycle, plant native species, and inspire others to do the same. By working together, we can make our neighborhoods more beautiful in time for America's Birthday on July 4, 2026.

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The Greatest American Cleanup is made possible by the support of great companies like these:

Black-and-white logo block on a white field, the flowing Coca-Cola script set between THE above and COMPANY below.
iHeartMEDIA INC logo with a red heart containing radio waves and a figure, next to black and grey lettering
Black-and-white logo: the word Hilton set in a serif face inside a thin rectangular outline box, filling a wide white field.
Small Niagara Cares badge on white: orange lettering with the g's droplet tail and a hand-drawn blue heart around "cares"
Wider white field carrying the blue "NORTHROP GRUMMAN" wordmark and its right-angle bracket mark
Corporate logo on a wide white field: a mosaic of small coloured squares in blue, orange, red and green to the left of the word Altria in navy serif type.
Flat corporate logo: a striped blue-and-white globe sphere beside the letters AT&T set in dark grey type on a white background.
Logo on white: CAROL CONE in grey capitals above ON PURPOSE in orange, with an orange C-shaped mark enclosing a dark grey wedge at the right, the mark cropped close to the edge.
Flat wordmark logo on a white background reading COX in light blue letters.
Corporate logo on white: a solid red diamond with the word Dow lettered across it in white, a small registered trademark symbol at the lower right of the diamond.
Flat logo on white: a green circle containing a white starburst behind a triangular peak, above the word Fidelity in green italic type with INVESTMENTS beneath.
The Target bullseye mark alone on white: a solid red ring around a white ring around a solid red centre dot, with no words.
Flat logo on white: a black square-and-circle mark in green and peach beside the words The Harris Poll in heavy black type, with A STAGWELL COMPANY in small spaced capitals beneath.
Flat wordmark on white: Scotts in green italic serif letters followed by Miracle-Gro in heavy black type, with two small green leaves sprouting from the letter i.
Flat logo on white: overlapping red, yellow, green, teal and magenta petal shapes forming a stylised fruit and leaves, above the wordmark THE J.M. SMUCKER Co.
Stacked logo in black on white: a long-winged heron in flight above the words CHESAPEAKE BAY in tall spaced capitals, with FRAGRANCE centred in smaller letters below.

American Express Foundation

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Special thanks to the artists that donated their time and talent to our cause:

Photography: Nancy Andrews

Vocalists on Videos: Eric Scott & Patty Reese

Take The Pledge

Banner artwork: four people in orange safety vests raise their arms in celebration in front of scrubby trees, with filled rubbish sacks and collected debris at their feet, beside the round Keep America Beautiful cleanup seal.

I pledge to lead my community in the Greatest American Cleanup, working together to create a cleaner, greener future. We’ll pick up litter, recycle, plant native species, and inspire everyone to join us in beautifying our neighborhoods. Together, we’ll make a lasting impact and celebrate a more beautiful community by America’s 250th Birthday on July 4, 2026.

More Ways You Can Inspire, Encourage and Activate Your Community

America’s neighborhoods need leaders like you! Across 25,000 communities, groups are stepping up to take charge of picking up litter, boosting recycling, and beautifying public spaces. By leading a cleanup or organizing a local beautification project, you’ll be inspiring others to join the Greatest American Cleanup and creating a brighter, greener future for everyone.

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Ready to make a difference?

Download our simple guide on how to organize a cleanup complete with tips, checklists, and safety precautions.

Download Toolkit

https://kab.tfaforms.net/200

Inspire others to join the Greatest American Cleanup!

Download our communication toolkit complete with logo, event flyers and a few social media assets to help spread the word.

Download Toolkit

https://kab.tfaforms.net/200

Encourage your local, city, and state leaders to sign our Declaration of Action!

This simple framework makes it easy to keep your communities clean, green and beautiful.

Declare Your Support

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