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Keep Portsmouth Beautiful
Spring Cleanup Events
2015
Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Document Shredding and Electronics Recycling
Date: April 4
Location: Lowe’s Parking Lot, Victory Blvd.
Household Hazardous Waste Collected
Alkaline Batteries
Lead Acid Batteries
Propane Tanks
Helium Tanks
Fluorescent Bulbs
Documents Shredded and Paper Recycled
Electronics Recycled
Textiles
Housewares, misc.
565 Gallons
18 Pounds
8 Count
6
3
38
7600 Pounds
2468 Pounds
613 Pounds
1191 Pounds
The Great American Cleanup
Date: April 18
Number of Volunteers
Number of Bags Collected
Pounds of Litter Collected
Pounds Bulky Debris Collected
Number of Playgrounds Cleaned
411
390
7800
12,220
3
Clean The Bay Day (Portsmouth)
Date: June 6
Number of Volunteers
Pounds of Litter Collected
Miles of Shoreline Cleaned
120
3640
8.2
Adopt-A-Spot
Group
Location
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Gamma Delta Omega Chapter
Effingham near YMCA
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Epsilon Nu Lambda Chapter
Frederick Blvd. between Scott & Hamilton
Corner Airline and Victory
Bishops Green Civic League
Towne Point Road (Shopping Center to Citgo)
Brighton/Prentis Park Civic League
Lansing Park
Community Presbyterian Youth Group
Tazewell Street
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Portsmouth Alumnae Chapter
Frederick Blvd. between Brighton & Arlington
Girl Scout Troop #43
Churchland Park
Hard Times Skate Park
Skate Park
Integrity Security Services
4700 blk Clifford Street
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Chief Petty Officer’s Association
Portsmouth Blvd/Effingham, G.W. /Elm
Elm Ave. to Williams Ave.
NNSY, FCPOA
Elm/G.W.& Portsmouth Blvd/G.W.
Victory Elementary School
Greenwood Drive/Independence St.
Grants
$750 awarded from Keep Virginia Beautiful to be used for recycling containers at n’Telos Pavilion to
promote recycling at this entertainment venue.
Cigarette Litter Prevention Grant from askHRgreen/KAB. Keep Portsmouth Beautiful was given 5
smokers’ outposts, 250 personal ashtrays and educational material to be used at n’Telos Pavilion to bring
awareness to patrons that cigarette butts are litter and should be disposed of properly.
Award
The City of Portsmouth received the Outstanding Government Agency Award for 2015 for its
recycling program from the Virginia Recycling Association. The award was presented at the
VRA annual conference in May.