Courtesy of the City of Ruston
The City of Ruston is pleased to be selected as one of 28 recipients of a 2023-24 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Trash Receptacle Grant made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and Office of the Lieutenant Governor. The City of Ruston will install 10 trash receptacles along the North Monroe Street Corridor.
Through this grant alone, Keep Louisiana Beautiful awarded 213 receptacles to 28 organizations in 18 parishes for a total value of $154,403.
As part of the requirements of this grant, the City of Ruston will perform a post installation litter scan and compare the data collected to preliminary scan results. Data will be shared with the public once available.
“Litter is hurting our quality of life in Ruston,” says Amy Stegall, Main Street Director, at the City of Ruston “With these new receptacles installed, we will be able to reduce litter and keep our community clean and beautiful.”
“Recent data collected by Keep Louisiana Beautiful shows a reduction of litter by 78 percent in areas where trash receptacles are properly installed and maintained,” says Susan Russell, KLB Executive Director. “One of our organization’s key initiatives is to help build infrastructure that supports clean, beautiful communities. Funding trash receptacles is one way we do that. Congratulations to the City of Ruston for being selected as a 2023-24 Trash Receptacle Grant recipient.”
To learn more about Keep Louisiana Beautiful, visit www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org.
