Helpful Links
Grants and Awards
A number of government agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations offer grant and awards programs to help stimulate organizations and communities wanting to promote environmental change.
- Arkansas Recycling Coalition
- Environmental Protection Agency Grants and Fellowships
- Garden Crusader Awards
- Keep America Beautiful
- National Forest Foundation Programs
- Take Pride National Awards
- Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation
The Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission is proud to collaborate with many partners across the state and nation in our efforts to curb behaviors that detract from the environmental quality and scenic beauty of The Natural State. Here are some of our national, statewide and community partners in litter prevention, recycling and community beautification:
Litter Prevention & Education
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
- Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
- Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT)
- Arkansas Environmental Education Association
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
- Arkansas State Parks
- Arkansas Take Back Initiative
- Audubon Arkansas
- Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
- Federal Highway Administration
- Great American Cleanup
- I Drive Arkansas
- Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
- National Public Lands Day
- Report Illegal Dumping
- Report Littering: Litter Hotline (1-866-811-1222)
- Report Pollution Problems
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Recycling & Waste Reduction
- America Recycles Day
- Arkansas Recycling Coalition
- Container Recycling Institute
- Earth 911
- Everyday Guide to Recycling for Everyone
- Furniture Recyling
- GreenerGadgets.org
- GreenPrint
- KeepTidy.com
- Life Cycle of Trash
- Potluck Food Rescue for Arkansas
- Recycle Bikes for Kids
- Recyclebank
- Recycling Today Magazine
- Ronald McDonald House Charities’ Pop Tab Pandemonium
- Save The Food
- TerraCycle
- Tires4ward Tire Recycling
- Trex Recycling Program
- Sustainable Home Tips
- Mattress Clarity
Beautification
- America in Bloom
- American Forests
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Arkansas Adopt-A-Highway
- Arkansas Forestry Association
- Arkansas Master Gardeners
- Arkansas Urban Forestry Council
- Backyard Woods
- Main Street Arkansas
- National Environmental Education Foundation
- National Garden Clubs Inc.
- Plant a Wish
- The Garden Club of America
- The Grove
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Sierra Club
- Tree City USA