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About the Litter-Free Zone program
Litter Free Zone teaches Elementary, Intermediate, and Middle School students ways to create a campus that is free of litter. Beginning with information on Litter Prevention strategies from Keep America Beautiful research, participating schools learn about the consequences of litter and are then trained as Litter Scene Investigators. The campus is organized into zones and litter is marked, measured, and counted. Critical thinking skills are called for as the students reflect on possible sources for the litter and ways to reduce that litter in the future.
Benefits of LFZ?
1. More beautiful campus
2. All training & supplies are provided by KAB
3. Students incorporate information about litter & influence others
4. Significant learning about toxic litter types
5. Develops attitude that campus litter belongs to “all of us”
6. Significant number of Student Learning Expectations are incorporated in LFZ
7. From training to certification takes from 2-6 weeks
8. Certified schools receive from $750-$2000 + a litter free campus
9. Grant money may be used for these programs: Litter Prevention, Recycling, Beautification or Butterfly gardening
10. Teachers appreciate the practical use of math in measurement, calculation of area, and charting litter amounts in each LSI
11. LFZ has been successful with students in Elementary, Intermediate, and Middle schools…students love participation in LFZ!
Who is involved?
26 schools have been certified as Litter Free Zone Campuses:
R.E. Baker Elementary
Sylvan Hills Elementary
Holcomb Elementary
Willis Shaw Elementary
Sherwood Elementary
East End Elementary
Eureka Springs Elementary
Ida Burns Elementary
James Tate Elementary
Pike View Elementary
East End Intermediate
Happy Hollow Elementary
Carver Magnet Elementary
Park Hill Elementary
Root Elementary
Prairie Grove Middle
Washington Elementary
Berryville Intermediate
Sugar Creek Elementary
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Leverett Elementary
Booker T. Washington Magnet Elementary
Berryville Middle School
Belwood Elementary
North Heights Elementary
Seventh Street Elementary
Litter Free Zone is a program of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Foundation, funded by a grant from the Walmart Foundation.