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Keep America Beautiful

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Keep America Beautiful is a nonprofit organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with more than 700 state and community-based affiliate organizations and more than 1,000 partner organizations.[1]

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Keep America Beautiful cleanup volunteers in 2021

Keep America Beautiful aims to end littering, to improve recycling, and to beautify American communities.[2] The organization's narrow focus on littering and recycling has been criticized as greenwashing in that it diverts responsibility away from corporations and industries.[3][4][5]