Keep Texas Beautiful

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

Congratulations Columbus!!

Join us in congratulating
the City Of Columbus.

The City of Columbus has been awarded a $36,000
H-E-B Recycling for Texans Grant. ♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️ ♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️

The grant was presented today
by H-E-B in partnership with
KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
Thank you HEB & KTB
for your support of recycling in Texas.

The grant funds will help provide improvements to our Columbus Recycling Center,
giving our community
a stronger recycling program.

Columbus Recycling Center is located at 1427 Montezuma Street in Columbus, TX.

08/27/2026

We are saddened by the passing of Martha Knies, a founder of Keep Wimberley Beautiful and a beloved leader whose decades of service helped shape the community she called home.

Keep Wimberley Beautiful began in 1991, when Martha and several friends looked outside a local café, saw an area that needed care and realized they were the “somebodies” who could do something about it.

Her legacy is visible across the city—from the Cypress Creek Nature Preserve to the downtown park that bears her name—and in the many people she welcomed and mentored. In 2020, Keep Texas Beautiful was honored to recognize Martha with our Leadership Award for her extraordinary service and impact.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Martha’s family, friends and the entire Wimberley community. May her example continue to remind all of us what can happen when people decide to care deeply for a place—and become the “somebodies” willing to make it better.

Read more about Martha’s remarkable life and legacy in the Wimberley View. 💚

The genesis of Martha Knies’ contributions to Wimberley culture was simple enough. It was 1991 and a group of women were drinking coffee at the Cypress Creek Cafe. They looked

08/25/2026

Port Arthur has a new place to recycle! ♻📦

Last week, we celebrated the grand opening of City of Port Arthur's first community recycling drop-off center, which is now accepting corrugated cardboard from residents and local businesses.

Thank you to Mayor Charlotte Moses, Keep Texas Beautiful’s Lou Serna and H-E-B’s Anahí Villarruel for helping us mark this exciting step toward a cleaner, greener Port Arthur.

This center was made possible through the collaboration of so many! Thank you to H-E-B, the City of Port Arthur, the Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation , the@Port Arthur Housing Authority. We’re also grateful to The Solco Group,LLC for its hard work supporting the project! And shout out to DJ Paul Productions for bringing the beats to the celebration! 🎶

We can’t wait to see Port Arthur put this new community resource to use. Let’s recycle, PA! 💚

08/24/2026

Great work is happening in communities across Texas! Thank you to the Texas Municipal League for helping spotlight the 2026 Governor’s Community Achievement Award winners and share their inspiring work with municipal leaders across the state—and a special shoutout to our own Lara George for writing this feature!

Read more at the link. ⬇️

Texas Department of Transportation Keep Eden Beautiful Keep San Saba Beautiful Keep Argyle Beautiful Keep Lago Vista Beautiful Keep Ennis Beautiful Keep Duncanville Beautiful Keep Friendswood Beautiful Keep Longview Beautiful Keep Mesquite Beautiful, Inc. Keep Brownsville Beautiful

What do a butterfly trail, a green waste recycling center, student-led litter prevention, and downtown revitalization have in common?
They're all part of the innovative efforts recognized through the 2026 Governor's Community Achievement Awards.
Read how 10 Texas communities are tackling local challenges through creativity, volunteerism, and environmental stewardship in the August issue of Texas Town & City.

https://www.tml.org/583/Texas-Town-City

08/20/2026

08/12/2026

Sometimes a typo is just a typo.⁠
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And sometimes it makes you stare at a word long enough to think, “Wait… why IS it called that?” 😂⁠
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One misspelling of “corrugated” sent us straight into research mode.⁠
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And this is exactly why we love environmental education: there are stories hiding in the most ordinary things!⁠
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A cardboard box isn’t just a cardboard box. The words we use for materials can tell us something about what they look like, how they’re made, and even how people understood them hundreds of years ago.⁠
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So yes, we fixed the typo.⁠
But we also learned something.⁠
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Swipe through for today’s very accidental recycling language lesson!⁠
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08/11/2026

Hurricane season is underway, and now is a good time to prepare your home for severe weather. Bring loose outdoor items inside, secure anything that can’t be moved and trim trees or branches that could fall on your home.⁠
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You can also make a year-round environmental impact by signing up for Reliant EcoShare℠. Through Reliant’s partnership with EarthShare Texas, your participation helps support more than 30 environmental organizations working across Texas—including Keep Texas Beautiful!⁠
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👉 Learn more and sign up: https://earthshare-texas.org/individuals/campaigns-for-all/reliant-ecoshare/
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EarthShare Texas

08/06/2026

A rare appearance from the person behind KTB’s social media accounts! 👋 Today marks two years since I joined Keep Texas Beautiful. 💚⁠
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One of my favorite parts of my role is finding the story within the incredible work our affiliates are doing—and helping that story reach more Texans. I’m also always happy to be a resource for affiliates who want to brainstorm content, develop a social media idea or find a creative way to share their impact.⁠
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As the graphic reveals, I will happily research almost anything. So, let’s put that to use:⁠
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🔎 What’s your most niche Texas conservation obsession—or a question you want me to investigate?⁠
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Native plants? Weird wildlife? Recycling mysteries? Litter oddities? Water? Environmental folklore? Tell me what rabbit hole I should fall down next! 👇⁠
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And thank you to everyone who has sent photos, shared stories and answered my many follow-up questions over the past two years. You make KTB’s social media what it is!⁠
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—Corinne⁠
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