Main Street Clean Sweep Celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up campus!

Bluegrass Greensource needs your help this Earth Week for our eleventh annual Main Street Clean Sweep. Throughout the month of April, we will be partnering with local community coordinators to host events throughout 20 communities in the central Kentucky area.                                                                             

Litter thrown on the street ends up in storm drains and trashes our environment.  Storm drains often flow directly into streams, lakes, and rivers.  When water becomes polluted, it is no longer safe for drinking or recreation, and this litter harms fish and other wildlife.  Many of the items that are thrown from car windows or dropped on the sidewalk are not biodegradable, which means that their chemical decomposition takes a very long time and that these items will create long-term damage to the environment (this is the case with cigarette butts). 

In the past, Bluegrass Greensource has worked with numerous community groups on litter clean ups and helped collect over 150,000 bags of trash and recycle an additional 1,500 tons.

“Earth Month is a great opportunity for communities to come together and help their local environment,” states Amy Sohner, Executive Director of Bluegrass Greensource. 

UK's Martin School is hosting a cleanup on Tuesday, April 16th at 3 - 5 p.m. starting at Willy T Young Library. The community coordinator is Brooke Kuerzi - you can email Brooke to join the group.

Bluegrass Greensource is an environmental non-profit organization that has offered resources and educational information to 19 Central Kentucky Counties since 2001. Greensource provides outreach to over 230 schools, 600 community groups, businesses, local governments and private citizens throughout Central Kentucky encouraging small, every day changes that make a big difference and foster positive environmental impact. For more information please visit www.bgGreensource.org.