City of Columbus

KICKBUTTCOLUMBUS! VOLUNTEERS CLEANUP 11 TONS OF LITTER AND 284,315 CIGARETTE BUTTS

A total of 432 volunteers cleaned 11 tons of litter and 284,315 cigarette butts from Columbus freeway exit and entrance ramps during the 8^th annual KickButtColumbus! cleanup on Saturday, March 19, 2016.  The litter and cigarette butts were cleaned from 148 freeway ramps at 39 different locations.

The KickButtColumbus! volunteers also collected 4.5 tons of recyclables that will go from being strewn on the ground as trash to being reused in recycled products in the future.

Event volunteers were broken into teams from businesses and community organizations they work for or represent.  Team 21, which included representatives from Environmental Management Inc.  earned the event’s Golden Ashtray Award, presented each year to the team that collects the most litter in all categories.   Team 21 cleaned 75 bags of litter from their assigned area. 

In the number of cigarette butts collected, Team 27 NAI Ohio Equities collected 124,289 cigarette butts from the area near Lennox shopping center.

Volunteers who want to see how much cigarette butts, general litter and recyclables they collected can do so online at www.kickbuttcolumbus.evenbrite.com registration page.

KickButtColumbus! sponsors included:

• Blendon Gardens
• Central Ohio Transit Authority
• City of Columbus Keep Columbus Beautiful program
• Columbus Young Professionals Club
• Experience Columbus
• Sidecar Global Catering
• ODOT
• Peabody Landscape Group
• NAI Ohio Equities

The following businesses and organizations adopted freeway ramps that were cleaned by their representatives who volunteered last Saturday:

• Salem Civic
• Aqua Doc Lake & Pond Management
• Adena Brook Community
• Maize Road Civic Association
• Oakland Nurseries
• Blendon Gardens
• North Linden Area Commission
• The Flames Motorcycle Club
• Restoration Academy
• Habitat For Humanity MidOhio
• Alpha Phi Omega
• South Central Commons Block Watch
• BESA
• Leawood Gardens Neighborhood Association
• Oberfields LLC
• OTENA
• Franklin Park Civic Association
• Columbus Young Professionals Club
• Friends of the Hilltop
• Franklin Heights NJROTC
• CleanTurn
• Hidden Creek Landscaping
• Environmental Management Inc
• Benchmark Landscape Construction Inc
• Creative Housing & Creative Renovations
• Green Shanny Foundation
• The Cleary Company
• Columbus Gives Back
• Whole Foods Market Lane Ave
• NAI Ohio Equities
• Young Professionals of Columbus
• Roxane Labs
• She Has A Name Cleaning Services
• Franklinton Board of Trade
• Franklinton Progressives
• Greater Columbus Certified Tourism Ambassadors (CTAs)
• MPG Landscapes
• CPO Building Blocks
• Whole Foods Market Easton
• Speedway LLC
• South Side Litter Locators
• WBNS 10TV
• Southeast Lions Club
• Peabody Landscaping
• Terracon Consultants Inc.
• Sam and Sammy
• Found Model Management

Keep Columbus Beautiful is a program based in the city of Columbus’ Department of Public Service.