Events

Electronic Recycling Day-Spring 2021 date to be determined

Grand Island Area Clean Community System is hosting an Electronics Recycling Day in the spring of 2021. The date will be determined depending on available grants. The main focus of this event will be older TVs, but you may bring those unwanted electronics. When the maximum poundage allowed by the grant is reached, we will have to cease accepting any additional TV’s. No early drop offs will be allowed. This is a one day only event at Clean Community System located just south of the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island. Remember it is illegal to leave any waste outside our office at any time.

We will update here as more information becomes available.

Great American Clean-up

The Great American Cleanup originally began as a litter cleanup initiative designed to aesthetically improve the environment by creating more inviting parks, streetscapes and public spaces. As the program has matured and grown, grassroots organizations have taken on more diverse challenges—eliminating graffiti, collecting recyclables, planting community gardens, and hosting educational events. But community cleanups remain at the very heart of the campaign, and the results are remarkable. In 2020 alone, 23.4 million pounds of litter and debris were collected by more than 550,000 volunteers throughout the country.

Keep Grand Island Beautiful (KGIB) works with community groups, local businesses, and local Boy/Girl Scout troops to keep our local parks and roadways clean. KGIB participates in year-round clean-up events, weather permitting. We are always looking for a concerned group to help us improve the look of our community. If you are interested, please use our contact form.

Children’s Groundwater Festival

The Groundwater Festival is held annually at Central Community College. Due to Covid-19 the Children’s GWF will be held virtual for 2021. To learn more about the Groundwater Festival, please visit the Central Platte NRD.

Cigarette Litter Prevention

63% of cigarette butt littering is attributable to individual motivations. Mostly, it is lack of awareness about the environmental impact and insufficient ash receptacles. Over the past decade, new city ordinances are moving more smokers outdoors or to designated areas, and automobile manufacturers phased out ash trays as a standard feature in most new cars. Cigarette and cigar litter is a problem all over the world. It is unsightly, costly to clean up, and harmful to waterways and wildlife.

America Recycles Day

Lincoln Elementary School participated in a Great American Clean Up of their schoolyard on May 13, 2015.