City Manager's Annual Report 2017 | A Year In Review | Page 43

S T E W A R D S H I P
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PORT KEEP
PORT ST. LUCIE
BEAUTIFUL
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One of the primary ways the City works to eradicate litter that can be hazardous
to wildlife and pollute our waterways is through the Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful
program. KPSLB has worked for more than 16 years beautifying neighborhoods
and organizing the City’s Adopt-A-Street program. Taking its lead from Keep Florida
Beautiful, KPSLB aims to empower residents to take a direct role in keeping the City
clean and beautiful.
In 2017, KPSLB engaged more volunteers than the previous year, doubling the number of participants and
amount of trash collected in the City’s Annual Clean Up Day. It increased the number of households served
at the annual Hazardous Waste Collection Day by 30 percent. Also in 2017, the number of community
groups participating in the Adopt-A-Street program grew by 7 percent.
POR KEEP PORT ST. LUCIE BEAUTIFUL BY THE NUMBERS
107,915
POUNDS OF DEBRIS
COLLECTED
26
COMMUNITY EVENTS
5
SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
925
TREES DISTRIBUTED
900
TREES PLANTED
Adopt-a-Street groups, litter crews and
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Program collected
107,915 pounds of litter combined.
26 planned community
events were held that helped beautify
PSL. Which is an increase from 12 in FY16
The City hosted two Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Days in 2017. It collected
more than 50,341 pounds of waste combined.
KPSLB visits schools to educate and promote:
America’s Recycling Day (Recycling and Litter
prevention), Arbor Day (Seedlings passed out after
teaching the history of Arbor Day), Keep Port St. Lucie
Beautiful Events and Adopt-a-Street program and
volunteering opportunities.
925 trees were distributed to 4th graders
at four schools and during the Plant-A-Tree,
Spread-the-Shade giveaway.
There was 870 percent increase in the
number of trees planted on
public land during 2017.