Keep RC Beautiful Spring Litter Sweep Begins April 7

For more information visit KeepRCNCBeautiful.org or email KeepRCNCBeautiful@RutherfordCountyNC.gov.

It's that time of year again - Keep Rutherford County Beautiful's 9th annual Spring Litter Sweep is back. Each spring, community members, families, neighbors, and co-workers lead litter sweeps across the county. The 2025 Spring Litter Sweep will kick off April 7 and will run through April 30 in a unified effort to enhance the cleanliness and beauty of Rutherford County.

From parks to parking lots, roadsides to trails, volunteers collaborate with our ongoing cleanup programs and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to remove litter and debris, rejuvenating outdoor spaces for everyone to enjoy. The Spring Litter Sweep coincides with other litter sweeps statewide, and supports the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) litter initiative.

Participants are able to leave their collected bags on roadsides and report them to Keep Rutherford County Beautiful (KRCB) for NCDOT or local municipalities to pick up. KRCB will supply safety gloves, vests, pickers and NCDOT trash bags to any team willing to collect.

Teams pick up their supplies from the Woodrow Jones Building at 146 N Main St in Rutherfordton and leave the collected litter on the roadside. Participants must use the NCDOT bags provided and submit a collection report through our website. Contact the KRCB team at 828.338.9649, email krcb@rutherfordoutdoor.org, or visit KeepRCNCBeautiful.org/sign-up-for-a-sweep to register and get supplies.

Spring Litter Sweep is a great way for families, co-workers, neighbors, and more to give back to their community and care for the environment. It is the hope of KRCB to inspire the next generation to take care of the spaces where we live, work and play.

Keep Rutherford County Beautiful began as an Earth Day litter pickup and has transformed into a movement throughout Rutherford County, North Carolina. Neighbors, industry leaders, business owners, schools and municipalities have joined forces to change the way we define community, leading programs and initiatives to propel Rutherford County's beautification forward. As of 2023, KRCB became an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, the nation's largest community improvement organization. This milestone is a testament to the work the organization has put in since 2017 and the progress they have made.