Keep Rock Island Beautiful plans and supports programs of education, litter control, recycling activities, and beautification to help build and sustain a vibrant community. Our Programs
Education:
It is our mission to support and educate citizens, businesses, and schools in beautifying, cleaning and improving their own environment. March through October, the “Keeping Rock Island Beautiful Award”
is given to businesses which go above and beyond to keep their property litter free. Annually, schools in Rock Island are evaluated for a litter free environment. We provide recycle containers for your event. Call Carolyn Fuller to reserve them. Just pick them up and return them to our office when you are finished. 309-786-1334
Adopt-A-Highway:
KRIB sponsors 32 organized groups containing 1302 volunteers who have adopted and regularly clean 33 miles of adopted streets in Rock Island. You might have noticed the signs scattered here and there on the avenues and streets of Rock Island. This is the Adopt-A-Highway program in action. Our volunteers are committed to keeping the community clean. Together these volunteers picked up 48,491 pounds of trash in 2010. Are you interested in forming a group to “Adopt -A-Highway”? An organization, individual, or group of family or friends wishing to become part of the Adopt-A-Highway Program will need to do the following:
- Fill out an Adopt-A-Highway application. The completed application should be signed and returned to Keep Rock Island Beautiful, 201 15th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.
- The agreement will then be referred to the City Council who will authorize the City Manager to sign the agreement.
- The Adopt-A-Highway signs will then be installed. The signs will indicate the name of the organization and the length in miles adopted.
- Keep Rock Island Beautiful will supply safety vests and bags.
- Each volunteer group is responsible for a section of highway and agrees to remove litter a minimum of four times per year for a minimum of two years. Adopt-An-Event Program:
Keep Rock Island Beautiful will supply recycling containers and supplies for special events. Organizations or individuals who wish to recycle plastics or aluminum cans for an event may do the following:
- Fill out an Adopt-An-Event Program form. The completed form should be signed and returned to Keep Rock Island Beautiful, 201 15th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.
- The organization or individual is responsible for picking up the recycling containers, placing them at the recycling location(s), keeping the bags of recycled materials maintained, taking the recycled materials to the Recycling Drop-Off Center located at 2215 16th Avenue, and returning the recycling containers to Keep Rock Island Beautiful.
- The number of volunteers who helped with the recycling bins and the number of bags used for recycling must be reported to Keep Rock Island Beautiful for Keep America Beautiful records. Cleanups:
Keep Rock Island Beautiful will supply trash bags and gloves for your neighborhood cleanup. KRIB also coordinates volunteers in the effort to pick up litter and debris on the bike path along the Mississippi River in Rock Island, as well as the Annual Downtown Cleanup and the Xstream Cleanup. Please contact KRIB at 309-786-1334 if you would like to organize a neighborhood cleanup or volunteer for any of our events. Donations:
KRIB is supported in part by the City of Rock Island, Rock Island County Waste Management, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local grants. Donations from the community are our main source of support. You can make a donation by mail using our donation form. Mail donations to:
Keep Rock Island Beautiful
201 15th Street
Rock Island, Illinois 61201
Our offices are located in the Centennial Bridge Visitor Center .
