Since 1982, the Grand Island Area Clean Community System has been making GI a better place to live. This non-profit organization is funded mainly by grants and donations. In this web site, you'll discover a little more about what we do and how you can help.

This is a dynamic business - programs are added or deleted as community needs change. Listed below are several of the projects we currently contribute to or manage. We're very proud to begin working with Husker Harvest Days on recycling their event in 2008.

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

Environmental Education

• Recycling Coordinator for City of Grand Island
• Clearinghouse for environmental issues and concerns
• Work with local garbage haulers
• Coordinate all the neighborhood cleanups
• Update recycling brochure on yearly basis
• Coordinate and obtain funding for annual Household Hazardous Waste collection events  
• Present information to civic clubs/organizations, schools and other groups about the environment i.e., recycling, Household Hazardous Waste collection events, litter education
• Grant writing for education, cleanups and household hazardous waste collections
• Continue with the “Looking Good” award given to businesses that maintain their property
• Committee:  L.E.P.C. (Local Emergency Planning Committee) and other environmental committees when requested
• Accept computers, printers, and all electronics for recycling
• Continue with our Mini Grant program – non-profits cleaning up rural roads and ditches in Hall County
• Continue to work on keeping Highway 281’s ditches clean

New programs/projects:

• Working on Recycling at Husker Harvest Days (corrugated cardboard, plastic pop and water bottles and aluminum cans and “Litter Free Event” program
• Collection and disposal of prescription and over-the-counter drugs
• New recycling committee
• Collection of cell phones, PDRs, pagers in Grand Island/Hall County and surrounding communities

This web page was made possible by a grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.