Keep Columbus Beautiful

KickButt Columbus! Registration It’s time to kick butt, Columbus — cigarette butt, that is! Join Keep Columbus Beautiful for our annual KickButtColumbus! spring highway ramp clean-up event. Help remove litter and blighted conditions...

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Who’s ready for KickButt Columbus?! Join us to cleanup highway ramps of cigarette butts (and any other trash) on March 21!

Unfortunately, our Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers cannot accept any construction materials or demolition waste from home or business projects. Please consider taking those items to the landfill or one of the C&DD sites in Central Ohio.

Did you know that both plastic and glass peanut butter jars can be recycled here in Columbus? 🥜♻️

US Food Waste Pact reports progress on diversion The data shows increased composting and anaerobic digestion in 2024, though retailers’ still wasted $26.9 billion worth of food.

"More food waste was sent to donation in 2024, rising four percentage points to more than 18% of total waste."

There are free food scraps drop-locations across Columbus just waiting for you to fill them up and be composted. Find the closest one at columbus.gov/foodwaste

38% of roadway litter are cigarette butts—so let's clean them up at KickButt Columbus on Saturday, March 21 at Wolfe Park starting at 10 a.m.!

‘Deconstruction Academy’ teaches people how to reduce construction waste » Yale Climate Connections Doors, sinks, windows, floors, and cabinets often end up in a landfill when a building is torn down. A Minnesota-based company is trying to change that.

"When a building is torn down, much of the rubble ends up in a landfill. But many commonly discarded building materials – like doors, sinks, windows, floors, cabinets, and wood – could be reused instead."
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Last Friday, our team joined the Lunchtime Cleanup organized by Lisa Boggs to pick up litter along Sullivant Avenue. Thank you to everyone who has been showing up for over a hundred cleanup events working to keep Columbus beautiful!

We are less than one month away from KickButt Columbus! Throw on a safety vest, pick up a litter grabber, and join hundreds of volunteers across Columbus for our first major cleanup of the year!

Can you guess how many cigarette butts (the number one piece of litter) are in this container? Drop your answer in the comments and then signup to pick up some butts at KickButt Columbus on Saturday, March 21 at Wolfe Park.

Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get On Up, It's Recycling Time! #bobsled #olympics #recycle

Prepare for the trashiest of trivia as we team up with Green Columbus to bring you a dumpster full of facts. Bag up some team members, empty some beer bottles to be recycled, and compost the crumbs of your bar snacks for this fun evening on Wednesday, March 25 at The Olde Oak!

Maybe we should stick to recycling.

We hope these two connected because picking up trash is hot! 🗑️😍

Ramadan Mubarak from all of us at Keep Columbus Beautiful!

We hear that Love Is Blind Ohio is here in Columbus and we want to make sure those dates recycle right, don't litter, and compost their food scraps.

Everyday is National Random Acts of Kindness Day here as our thousands of volunteers pick up litter across our communities.

Due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, our Keep Columbus Beautiful office will be closed today, Monday, February 16, and both Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers will be closed on Tuesday, February 17.

Presidents’ Day holiday impacts mail, trash collection, more Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday observed on February 16, resulting in the closure of banks, government offices, and some schools, while some services such as USPS Priority Mail Express, …

Columbus will not collect trash on Presidents’ Day, and the color-coded collection schedule will rotate forward by one day until the next holiday. Rumpke will continue to collect recycling and yard waste on schedule.

Those who recycle together stay together. ❤️♻️

Make a date with your recycling bin and help keep valuable recyclables out of the landfill. Valentine's Day cards, empty chocolate boxes, champaign & wine bottles, and more can go in your bin. Learn how to recycle and everything that can go in your bin at RecycleRight.org.

***SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATION***

City of Columbus trash collection service will not be provided on Monday, Feb. 16, in observance of Presidents Day. The collection schedule for weekly recycling and biweekly yard waste is not impacted.

💘Happy Valentine's Day, from Public Service to you, Columbus💘

Find you a boo who loves to fill a blue bin. ♻️❤️

Litter’s not the only thing getting picked up this Valentine’s Day. ♥️

"Keep Columbus Beautiful wouldn't be where we are today, and our City wouldn't where we are today, without you."—Mayor Andrew J. Ginther

Senate Passes Bipartisan REUSE Act Senate passed the REUSE Act of 2025, directing the EPA to develop a comprehensive report on the feasibility and best practices of reuse and refill systems.

"Senate Passes Bipartisan REUSE Act to Advance Research on Reuse and Refill Systems"

Shoutout to these businesses for supporting those who work tirelessly to keep Columbus beautiful by donating gift cards to some of our Volunteers of the Year winners!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made our 40th Anniversary Celebration a magical evening to remember!