Pickens County has many people, groups, clubs, and businesses helping to make our community great, and Keep Pickens Beautiful is appreciative of the collective effect of these efforts. KPB’s Green Ribbon and Green Thumb Awards recognize outstanding examples of programs, projects, or activities that protect or enhance our environment.
The Award Goes to….
The Green Ribbon is usually awarded to a business for their beautification efforts and environmental stewardship. For May/June 2022, KPB has awarded the Green Ribbon to Pickens County East Side Recycling and Waste Management.
Keep Pickens Beautiful thanks the Pickens County East Side Recycling Team for assisting the Pickens County community in effectively recycling to reduce the waste headed for the landfills, and for beautifying the recycling center with their vegetable garden. KPB is honored to award them the Green Ribbon for May/June 2022.
The East Side Recycling Center is Doing Great Things
In addition to their helpful recycling team and their beautiful vegetable garden (be sure to check out their tomatoes, peppers, and other veggies), the East Side Recycling Center is a busy place. The center currently collects roughly 20% of the county’s recycling.
Recently, Big Canoe residents started using the East Side center as their primary recycling facility. The East Side team is helping to educate the Big Canoe community on the different sorting processes the county has adopted to improve the effectiveness of their recycling program. The sorting at the Pickens Recycling centers has reduced contaminants, ensuring that the materials are not ending up in a landfill, but are truly getting recycled into new products. The East Side Recycling Center is excited about working with the Big Canoe community.
KPB and the Green Ribbon Award
Keep Pickens Beautiful is grateful to everyone in our community who helps reduce trash headed to the landfill, recycles, beautifies the area around their home or business, and educates others about environmentally responsible options.
If you have a nominee for a future Green Award, or if you would like to help, contact Keep Pickens Beautiful. KPB has been serving Pickens County since 1989 through various projects and initiatives with an emphasis on recycling, beautification, and education. A primary focus of KPB is to work collaboratively with local residents and businesses to keep Pickens County clean and beautiful.
Contact KPB at KeepPickensBeautiful.org or stop by their office at the south end of Main Street Monday – Friday, 11:00-3:00.