Keep Okaloosa Beautiful
Keep Okaloosa Beautiful hosts cleanups along city and county roads and parks on public property. Residents can notify us of littered areas via email or social media messages to request a clean up. KOB can also support volunteer led cleanup activities if individuals or groups would like to adopt an area and cleanup on their own time. Please email the Executive Director to coordinate activities.
KOB also partners with other organizations around the county to support litter reduction activities and special events: Destin-Fort Walton Beach's Annual Earth Day Cleanup (April), Inter-Library Cooperative Cleanup (July), and the International Coastal Cleanup (September).
Litter Index: Every year KOB completes the "Community Appearance Index". This survey consists of four volunteers assisting the Executive Director in judging 10-12 sites within Okaloosa on a scale of 1 to 4. 1 being not littered or very mild litter (1-2 pieces) up to 4 being illegal dump site or heavily littered. Throughout the year these sites will be monitored and cleaned in hopes that the community develops a sense of ownership and is deterred from continuous littering.
Recycling Education and Improvements are at the core of Keep Okaloosa Beautiful's mission.
Accepted Items:
Bottles & Containers (Glass and Plastics # 1, 2, and 5)
Food & Beverage Cans
Paper
Cardboard
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Keep Okaloosa Beautiful strives to empower our community to #DoBeautifulThings! We want everyone to see the beauty in our neighborhoods and natural resources that we are so lucky to have here in Okaloosa County. We are open to partnering with groups on projects that will remove blight and beautify our shared spaces. Recent projects include native species plantings, invasive species removals, and graffiti abatement.
Do you have a project in mind? Contact us to discuss
Visit this link for an up to date list of volunteer opportunities: https://signup.com/go/HMSCYuj
Environmental education is a key part of KOB's mission. Please let us know if you'd like to request a presentation on the topic of recycling, waste reduction, or any number of topics. We can table at events where the public can engage by participating in activities or asking questions!
Keep Okaloosa Beautiful Mission & Background: Keep Okaloosa Beautiful was certified as a local affiliate of the Keep America Beautiful and Keep Florida Beautiful organizations on Feb. 7, 2023. To promote environmental awareness and educate the community on how to reduce litter from our natural resources, beautify our public spaces, improve recycling efforts, and keep our county beautiful.
Keep Okaloosa Beautiful sees a future where every community within Okaloosa County is clean, green, and beautiful! We strive to see our residents partake in efforts that support a healthy and inviting place to live. If you would like to participate in clean-ups, tree plantings, recycling events and more please email KOB's director to be added to the volunteer database: mmcdaniel@myokaloosa.com.
Goals
- End littering
- Improve recycling
- Beautify communities
- Restore native habitats
Check out our map of our clean-ups below.
Recycling/ Waste Reduction:
Recycling is important and should be practiced whenever possible. According to the EPA recycling and reuse activities are responsible for about 681,000 jobs, recycling, reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals, prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials, saves energy, supports American manufacturing and conserves valuable resources.
To download our "How to make a DIY compost" Click Here
To download our recycling activity sheet Click Here
