Authored by Brad Marley
Being involved in your local community is an important endeavor to pursue if you want to improve the quality of life where you live and work.
At Brightmark, we encourage all of our employees to volunteer and seek ways in which they can make the world a better place for all as we work together to Reimagine Waste.
No matter where you live or work, there are organizations that exist to help you show appreciation for your environment.
We’ve compiled a list of 50 organizations—one in each state—that are dedicated to keeping our environment waste-free, and each organization is looking for more people to get involved.
We hope one of these organizations resonates with you and that you can find a way to lend your resources, time, or any other special talents you may have to help us create a world without waste.
When you do decide to volunteer for cleanups, don’t forget to download our Coastal Cleanup Guide or Trash Tracker. These resources are created for you to gain an understanding of the waste you’re collecting and encourage your favorite brands to create environmentally conscious products that reduce the amount of trash that seeps into the environment.
Check out the list of organizations focused on cleanups below.
Alabama
Alabama People Against A Littered State (ALPALS)
https://www.alpals.org/
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska Keeper
www.Goak.org
Arizona
Keep Our Desert Clean
www.keepourdesertclean.com
Arkansas
Keep Arkansas Beautiful
https://keeparkansasbeautiful.com/
California
Save The Bay
https://savesfbay.org/
Colorado
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
https://www.voc.org/
Connecticut
Save the Sound
https://www.savethesound.org/
Delaware
Keep Delaware Beautiful
https://keepdelawarebeautiful.com/
Florida
Keep Florida Beautiful
https://keepfloridabeautiful.org/
Georgia
Rivers Alive
https://riversalive.georgia.gov/
Hawaii
808 Cleanups
https://808cleanups.org/
Idaho
Boise River Enhancement Network
https://www.boiseriverenhancement.org/
Illinois
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
https://www.irwp.org/events/3rd-annual-illinois-river-cleanup
Indiana
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
https://www.kibi.org/
Iowa
Iowa Project A.W.A.R.E.
https://www.iowaprojectaware.org/
Kansas
Great Kansas City Cleanup
https://www.kcmo.gov/programs-initiatives/cleanup
Kentucky
Kentucky Waterways Alliance
https://www.kwalliance.org/cleanups.html
Louisiana
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
https://keeplouisianabeautiful.org/
Maine
Friends of Casco Bay
https://www.cascobay.org/
Maryland
Trash Free Maryland
https://www.trashfreemaryland.org/
Massachusetts
COASTSWEEP
https://www.mass.gov/coastsweep
Michigan
Friends of the Rouge
https://therouge.org/rouge-rescue/
Minnesota
CURE (Clean Up The River Environment)
https://www.cureriver.org/
Mississippi
Mississippi Coastal Cleanup Program
http://coastalcleanup.extension.msstate.edu/
Missouri
Missouri River Relief
https://riverrelief.org/
Montana
Yellowstone River Cleanup
http://yellowstoneriver.weebly.com/yellowstone-river-cleanup.html
Nebraska
Keep Nebraska Beautiful
https://www.knb.org/
Nevada
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
https://www.nevadawilderness.org/
New Hampshire
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
https://www.blueoceansociety.org/
New Jersey
New Jersey Clean Communities
https://www.njclean.org/our-programs/adopt-a-beach/overview
New Mexico
Keep New Mexico Clean
https://www.newmexico.org/waterways/
New York
Long Beach Cleanup
http://www.lbcleanup.com/
North Carolina
North Carolina Coastal Federation
https://www.nccoast.org/
North Dakota
Friends of the Souris
https://www.friendsofthesouris.com/about/
Ohio
Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River
https://www.cleansweepofthegreatmiamiriver.org/
Oklahoma
OKC Beautiful
https://www.okcbeautiful.com/
Oregon
Solve Oregon
https://www.solveoregon.org/
Pennsylvania
POWR (Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers)
https://pawatersheds.org/
Rhode Island
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
https://wrwc.org/wp/
South Carolina
Congaree Riverkeeper
https://www.congareeriverkeeper.org/
South Dakota
Friends of the Big Sioux River
https://www.friendsofthebigsiouxriver.org/
Tennessee
Keep The Tennessee River Beautiful
https://www.keeptnriverbeautiful.org/
Texas
Keep Texas Beaches Clean
https://texasadoptabeach.org/
Utah
Utah Clean Water Partnership
https://www.utahcleanwater.org/
Vermont
Watersheds United Vermont
https://watershedsunitedvt.org/
Virginia
Friends of the Rappahannock
https://riverfriends.org/
Washington
Washington CoastSavers
https://www.coastsavers.org/
West Virginia
WV Make It Shine Program
https://dep.wv.gov/environmental-advocate/reap/wvmis/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin
Protect Wisconsin Waterways
https://protectwiwaterways.org/
Wyoming
Platte River Revival
https://www.casperwy.gov/residents/environment_and_waste/platte_river_revival