Keep Mobile Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose network of local, statewide and international affiliate programs educate individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials, and improve their communities.Through partnerships and strategic alliances with citizens, businesses and government, Keep America Beautiful’s national and affiliate programs motivate millions of volunteers annually to clean up, beautify and improve their neighborhoods, thereby creating healthier, safer and more livable community environments.

'Our Mission is to motivate Mobilians to take greater individual responsibility for the improvement of their community environment.'.The mission of the national Keep America Beautiful program, through a system of local and state affiliates, is to empower individuals to take greater responsibility for enhancing their community environment.  Keep America Beautiful accomplishes its mission through a mandate “To address issues that relate to those physical and visual aspects of the community environment that individuals can personally and directly impact through their actions.”

Keep Mobile Beautiful is a department of the City of Mobile and is staffed by three city employees.The Beautification Coordinator, Special Events Coordinator and the Office Assistant carry out the plans, programs and projects of the Keep Mobile Beautiful Commission in accordance with all guidelines as set forth by the City of Mobile and the Mobile County Personnel Board.The Keep Mobile Beautiful office is housed at 1451 Government Street.

Keep Mobile Beautiful is responsible for the operation of the Metro Mobile Recycling Drop-Off Center which is also located at 1451 Government Street.As a function of Keep Mobile Beautiful, the recycling center is funded through our city department budget.Our funding for special projects, programs, and educational materials is supplied through in-kind contributions, grants, tax deductible contributions from business and industry, special fund raisers, and the community.