Rome Clean & Green has been a catalyst for positive change, since 1991. We have enjoyed a major role in re-greening Rome – physically, socially, and politically. Partnering with the city and other organizations on a plethora of initiatives, we have been responsible for planting hundreds of trees, flowers, and perennial bulbs. Socially, we have helped to knit a network of like-minded businesses and volunteer groups who are committed to the same principles. And politically, it was Clean & Green that former Mayor Joe Griffo looked to for counsel when developing a city beautification initiative and who Mayor Brown is partnering with to achieve a solid neighborhood revitalization and beautification agenda." Timothy Birnie, President  

Keep America Beautiful, Rome Clean & Green Inc., a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization, is one of just six New York State affiliates of the National Keep America Beautiful program. The group’s mission is to empower residents to take greater responsibility for the environment and the role they play in beautification and community development. 

As a recognized leader in community improvement, Keep America Beautiful is guided by these principles:

Education: This is the key to encouraging positive behaviors toward community improvement.

Individual Responsibility: Improving communities, their environment, and quality of life all begins with personal responsibility -- individuals becoming more engaged as citizens and stewards of the environment.

Public-Private Partnerships: Broad-based community alliances are essential to achieve sustainable community improvement.

Volunteer Action: By engaging volunteers we extend the reach of our education and multiply the impact of our actions.

Our Focus

Keep America Beautiful changes behaviors and improves communities through a focus on:

Litter Prevention: Defining litter, identifying the causes, and reducing it by organizing cleanups, and promoting proper handling of discarded waste in our communities.Learn more at : http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Focus_litter_prevention

Waste Reduction and Recycling: Reducing the impact of solid waste in our communities through integrated programs including responsible consumerism, source reduction and reuse, recycling and education about landfills, composting and waste-to-energy.Learn more at: http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Focus_waste_reduction

Beautification: Improving the visual aspects of our communities through programs that beautify and naturally clean our environment including community gardens, restoring vacant lots, highway and shoreline beautification, urban forests, native and wildflower plantings, and graffiti prevention and abatement. Learn more

at: http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Focus_beautification