STAMFORD, CT. – After four months of tabulating data from all 50 states, the results are in. Thanks to the efforts of 2.2 million volunteers across America, more than 37 million plastic bottles and more than 2.5 million scrap tires were diverted from the waste stream during Keep America Beautiful’s Great American CleanupTM, the nation’s largest community improvement program which takes place annually from March 1 through May 31. These highlights were among the official results announced today by Great American Cleanup Managing Director Gail Cunningham, and were emblematic of the scale of this national grassroots effort to clean up, green up, fix up and revitalize neighborhoods from coast to coast. ‘Through the Great American Cleanup, Keep America Beautiful’s mission to improve communities is put in to action,’ said G. Raymond Empson, president of Keep America Beautiful. ‘We know that our participating organizations are bringing a sense of ownership and pride to their respective communities, making them safer, cleaner and more economically viable.’ Across America, volunteers removed more than 228 million pounds of litter and debris. The volunteers, registering more than 7.5 million volunteer hours, collected 10 percent more litter and debris than the all-time record of […]