Solution: Programs
Programs you can get involved in !
Less Litter Maryland
Increase participation in trash cleanups around the state
Trash Free Maryland will share and support trash cleanups hosted by other groups and individuals
Standardize data collection using citizen science
Trash Free Maryland will work with a coalition to standardize data collection and house the data in a centralized database
Use statewide data to inform policy solutions
Data from the trash cleanups can help inform policy decisions at the state, county, and local levels
People LITTER LESS when there is LESS LITTER, so we need MORE people – picking up a little or a lot – MORE often.
Cheers to Clean Water
Our annual event is held on the third Saturday in September conjunction with International Coastal Cleanup Day. Cheers to Clean Water is a highly anticipated local trash pickup in partnership with Baltimore area breweries. Teams of volunteers across Baltimore made the 4th Annual Cheers to Clean Water a productive and fun day for all!
Less Litter B-More
Visibility and Influence
Norming cleanup behavior to activate more people to be a part of the solution
Scaled impact
Create and support a community to address litter in a systematic and social way
Prevention through mitigation
Change the conditions to make littering more socially unacceptable and uncomfortable through regular, dispersed, and sustained cleaning