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What You Can Do
Keep Allen Beautiful hopes to improve the lives of Allen residents by encouraging recycling, water conservation and other practices that protect the environment.
Keep Allen Beautiful hopes to improve the lives of Allen residents by encouraging recycling, water conservation and other practices that protect the environment.
Here's how you can take care of Allen:
Here's how you can take care of Allen:
- Do not litter.
- Keep household chemicals such as engine oils, paint thinners, and pesticides out of sewers, septic tanks and storm drains; use carefully and dispose of them properly.
- Landscape with native Texas plants.
- Make earth-friendly choices during the holiday season, when waste typically increases 25%.
- Recycle at home, school and work.
- Save water by watering early in the morning or late in the evening.
Each year humans generate enough garbage to fill a convoy of trash trucks reaching halfway to the moon! You can help solve our garbage problem by following the four Rs:
- Reduce: Buy in bulk. Choose products with less packaging.
- Reuse: Bring your own cloth bag to the grocery store. Donate used items to organizations that will reuse them.
- Recycle: Recycle paper; plastic 1,2,3,4,5,7; metals and glass.
- Rebuy: Buy products made from recycled materials.
The following partner sites provide various resources for environmental related topics, tips and practices.
- Texas Forest Service: Find out more about preserving your trees and general tree care by visiting the Texas Forest Service website.
- Report A Litterer: The Texas Department of Transportation encourages you to report litterers to the state. Find out how at the Don't Mess with Texas website.
- Report a Smoking Vehicle: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality offers a reporting service for smoking vehicles in the State of Texas. Dial #SMOKE (#76653) from most wireless phones or call 817.704.2522. You can also complete the online form.