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In neighborhoods throughout Albuquerque, Neighborhood Associations, schools, churches, and individuals came together to clean up as part of the Great American Cleanup in celebration of Earth Day! Keep Albuquerque Beautiful (KAB) provided FREE cleanup supplies including litter grabbers, bags, gloves, and trash bags, as well as free pickup of all litter collected by these groups.…

Through the blistering cold weather this early April weekend, Keep Albuquerque Beautiful, in partnership with Locker 505, camped out in the Hinkle Family Fun Center parking lot for the annual Recyclothes clothing drive. All donations went to Locker 505, a local organization providing clothing and supplies for students in need in Albuquerque. Donations poured in…

Over the past weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting yet another successful FixIt Clinic event. With over 65 attendees bringing in their broken items for repair, the event marked our fourth installment of this community initiative. This year, the venue was graciously provided by Queab Makerspace, who provided the space as well as coaches…

Keep Albuquerque Beautiful has taken on the role of recycling educators, reaching out to ten different classrooms and engaging over 230 students in an immersive recycling education program. From interactive presentations to hands-on activities, KAB is on a mission to spread awareness of the importance of proper recycling to the young students in the community.…

Our annual Junk Jog event has been a great success this year! In just two hours, our 41 ploggers collected 140 trash bags weighing just over 1 ton! Winners were celebrated and awarded for their participation and dedication to keeping ABQ beautiful. The success of the 2023 Junk Jog was only possible with the event…

In preparation for this year’s 2023 Balloon Fiesta Celebration, Keep Albuquerque Beautiful (KAB) ensured that our city was ready for the influx of tourists and locals wanting to see the beautiful balloons. Our annual Company’s Comin’ event rallies groups from all over the city to organize their cleanup through their neighborhood association or to join…

Keep ABQ Beautiful (KAB) participated in National Pollinators Week by hosting a booth at the ABQ BioPark. Our dedicated team set up an engaging booth to spread awareness of pollinators’ role in our ecosystem. At the center of our booth stood our new Pollinator wheel, a colorful and interactive tool to educate visitors of all…

Residents rose to the challenge of collecting a record amount of clothing during Recyclothes this past Saturday, March 19. For the first time the clothing drive hosted by Keep Albuquerque Beautiful, a program of the City’s Solid Waste Management Department, and Locker # 505, filled up an entire yellow bin and half of a second…

Ploggers cleaned up 147 bags of trash from the Bosque on Saturday, Oct. 23, as they competed in the Junk Jog. All that trash weighed in at 1,940 pounds or just under one ton! Prizes were awarded to the top three individuals as well as groups that picked up the most litter. Thanks to everyone…

On Saturday, October 2, 2021, Keep Albuquerque Beautiful along with the City’s Solid Waste Management Department and Parks and Rec Department assisted Noah and Chauncey of we.grow.eco with a community cleanup at Westgate Community Park. Together using litter grabbers and burlap sacks, we collected 5,387 pieces of litter from the park — all of it…