Keep Knoxville Beautiful

This week, KKB presented at the All Saints Creation Care Team's monthly meeting about our Green at Work program! Green at Work educates, supports, and incentivizes businesses that are currently practicing or are interested in implementing recycling and waste reduction initiatives so that they can be an example of sustainability in Knox County.

Thank you the All Saints Creation Care Team for their commitment to environmental sustainability at their church! 👏👏

If you're interested in learning how your business can be more sustainable, then click the link in our bio!

It's not summer without Kid A'Riffic! ☀😎 At the KKB table, kids got to make ice cream cones out of recycled egg cartons 🍦 Thank you to City of Knoxville - Government for having us! We'll see y'all next week at Covenant Health Park!

🌸 Nominations are now open! 🌸

The Orchids Beautification Awards will be on November 4, 2026 at the Knoxville Museum of Art, and nominations are open now!

Know a building, public space, or business helping Knoxville shine? You can nominate them!

We're celebrating great design, environmental beauty, and the people making a difference in Knox County. Let's give them their flowers, or their orchids 😉

Nominate here: https://www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/orchids

Thank you to our Adopt-A-Road group, Beehive Industries, for their hard work cleaning up Murdock Road! 👏👏 Our Adopt-A-Road groups have an impact across Knox County, cleaning up litter on the roads outside their homes or businesses. Anyone can join, so if you're interested in adopting a road, learn more here: https://www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/adoptaroad

KKB is excited to recognize Matt Hoover as our Volunteer of the Month! Matt is a dedicated and knowledgeable volunteer who is a familiar face at KKB's cleanups and invasive removals. We especially appreciate his work at the Third Creek Paddle, where he helped clear invasive species from along the banks of Third Creek. Thank you, Matt, for your hard work keeping Knoxville beautiful! 👏👏

Huge shoutout to Tennessee Valley Authority for coming out in full force at today’s First Creek cleanup! 👏👏 Together, volunteers removed around 900 lbs of litter from the First Creek and N Broadway area, including 34 bags of trash and some very interesting finds. Among the items picked up were a full computer and monitor, parts of a car, wooden pallets, the back of a weight bench, and pieces of an old bed and bed frame! Thank you for your hard work!

The KKB team has been conducting our annual Litter Survey this past week! 🔎🗑 This is where we evaluate a select group of roads - ranging from busy state highways to quiet suburban streets - in each area of Knoxville and rate the amount of litter on a scale 1 to 4. This helps us know where to concentrate our efforts and see the impact our volunteers are having!

Overall, the litter scores have been a lot lower this year, which is amazing! Thank you to all our volunteers, community members, and supporters who are keeping our city clean, green, and beautiful! 💚

Who's ready to recycle?! ♻♻ Bring your glass recycling to Barley's Knoxville on June 10th between 4pm-6pm as KKB and Corona USA partner with Fourth and Glass to make glass recycling easy, convenient, and rewarding!

Attendees will have the opportunity to bring glass that they would like to recycle and pick up trash from the surrounding roads. The event is drop in, so come anytime from 4pm-6pm to drop off glass or pick up trash!

Volunteers and glass recyclers will receive $1 off Corona beers at Barley’s!

Thank you to Downtown Knoxville for their sponsorship and 121 Tech Hub for their support!

Sign up for the cleanup here: https://www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/upcoming-events/corona-cleanup-glass-recycling

Happy last day of classes, Knox County Schools! 😎☀ Thank you so much to all the teachers who hosted KKB this school year. We love teaching students about the importance of recycling, litter prevention, and being good stewards of the environment 🌍 Wishing everyone a fantastic summer vacation, and we'll see you in the fall!

Join KKB at our June Saturday Spruce Up on June 13th from 10am-12pm at the Jackson Avenue Lot! We will be painting over graffiti in the Old City, so put on your paint clothes and join us! 🎨🖌 All supplies will be provided.

Thank you to City of Knoxville - Government for their support of this volunteer opportunity!

Sign up here: https://www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/upcoming-events/june-saturday-spruce-up-2026-1