Anti Litter Update Brandon Scott Bennett, Director

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1 Anti Litter Update Brandon Scott Bennett, Director Pre Council September 9, 2014

2 Purpose Identify Sources of Litter Litter Services Provided by City Future Options 2

3 Sources Most roadway litter appears to originate from motorists and pedestrians. Most non roadway litter is found at transition points. Source: Keep America Beautiful 3

4 Littering Demographics Since the 1990 s there has been a trend away from deliberate littering with littering as a whole dropping by about 2% a year Individuals aged 19 and younger highest littering demographic Adults are three times more likely to litter than those over the age of 50 and two times more likely to litter than those aged

5 Tobacco product litter comprises 37% of all roadway litter * 5

6 General Anti Litter Considerations Litter begets litter Littering follows social acceptance declining Littering decreases as distance to receptacles decreases Adoption programs = less litter Sanctions marginally successful 6

7 TPW Roadway Litter Reverse Litter City wide street sweeping 8,594 gutter miles annually Downtown Fort Worth Inc. contracts street sweeping daily 8,400 miles annually Trash capture screens on high risk inlets Adopt a Creek 7

8 Reverse Litter Can Wraps 8

9 Reverse Litter billboard 9

10 PACS Roadway Litter PACS (Primarily handled by contract/s) 376 miles of Right of Way 156 miles of medians 360 Traffic Dividers Adopt a Street 10

1,611 Community Service Workers 12,688 Community

11 Code Private Property & Transition Points Illegal Dump Team 2,600 annually tons Litter Abatement Team (FY13): 1,611 Community Service Workers 12,688 Community service hours Value of Community Service $2,861,144 (annually) 11

12 Code Keep Fort Worth Beautiful Cowtown Cleanup Fall Litter Stomp School, Education Support and Neighborhood Office Provided anti littering information/presentations to 13,826 students at 426 presentations Distributed more than 19,300 pieces of information stressing the importance of not littering Provided anti litter information at 260 community events and meetings reaching more than 18,000 residents Neighborhood Clean up Support Recycle on the Go 12

13 Recognition for Cleanup Groups Student participating in 2014 Cowtown Cleanup overhead saying, I will never litter again! 13

14 General Enforcement Police 87 littering citations 9 citations for litter on premise property Commercial Code Officers (4) conducted 3,846 inspections in FY13 including overflowing dumpsters and customer receptacles Health Inspectors conducted 8,028 commercial inspections FY13 including overflowing dumpsters and customer receptacles 14

15 Report Littering/Dumping City Call Center or NCTCOG DUMP TxDOT Report A Litterer Report a Litterbug Free App 15

How to Help Volunteers needed to help Reverse

Organize a community cleanup Cowtown Cleanup Litter

Cleanup Adopt a Street, Park, Median, Creek Report

16 How to Help Volunteers needed to help Reverse Litter and take the Ten on Tuesday pledge Join or Organize a community cleanup Cowtown Cleanup Litter Stomp Trinity River Trash Bash Lake Arlington Cleanup Adopt a Street, Park, Median, Creek Report illegal dumping and Report a Litterer 16

17 Going Forward Working with The T on a pilot for Big Bellies at 5 bus stops (3 on Lancaster) Potential for Grant Funding from NCTCOG Educate/Enforce tarp vehicles Continue education campaign such as Reverse Litter and Keep Fort Worth Beautiful efforts Work with Chamber and others on business recognition for keeping Fort Worth Beautiful Potential Ordinance revisions to require customer trash receptacles at transition points for certain occupancies Review the other million best practices 17

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19 Weekly Wonder Workers 19

20 TCU Leaps & Tarleton Students before cleanup in Harmony Hills 20

21 4 th Annual Lake Arlington Cleanup Supported by Code 21

22 North Crowley High School Students take cleanup seriously 22

23 Cleanup Supplies packed up and ready to go for groups participating in 2013 Litter Stomp 23

24 Kirkpatrick Middle School after Litter Stomp Cleanup 24

25 Eastern Hills High School Honor Society wins pizza party for having the most youth involved in 2014 Cowtown Cleanup 25

26 Poly High School students with some of the litter & illegal dumped items cleaned from the neighborhood 26

27 Before and after Illegal Dump Abatement Team cleaned a vacant lot on Rosedale 27

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