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Litter-Trash-Illegal Dumping Costs in Kentucky

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I’ve had requests on where I got my information on litter statistics. Complied below are some stats with links as to litter, trash, garbage and illegal dumping in Kentucky.

Kentucky Litter and Illegal Statistics

• $4-5 Million For Roadside Litter
• 200,000 hours spent removing litter
• 96,000 bags of litter
• Kentucky produces nearly 17 million pounds of garbage daily
• 83% of households participate in trash collection, the remaining 17 %, who do not, produce about 3 million pounds per day

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet began the Adopt-A-Highway Program in 1988 to raise environmental awareness and discourage littering. Today, more than 1,600 groups participate in Kentucky’s program, cleaning approximately 6,600 miles annually.

• 52 State Parks in Kentucky that have litter problems

Illegal Dumping

• $2.9 million per year is spent cleaning up illegal open dumps
• 1993, Kentucky has cleaned up 22,937 illegal open dumps-an average of 1,764 per year) at a cost of $57 million dollars to local taxpayers and residents.
• Solid Waste Coordinators of Kentucky, 54 percent of rural road and 43 percent of urban road litter are bottles and cans
• Two-year examination of 600 miles of Kentucky’s roads showed that 950 cans and bottles had been discarded per road mile

Report a Litterbug- Kentucky Pride Bluegrass PRIDE is tackling litter in Central Kentucky head on and we have the resources to help you get rid of litter in your community!

• During Roadside PRIDE Month, 2,935 volunteers worked 13,637 hours to pick up litter along 1,318 road miles. The region-wide cleanup effort netted 16,113 bags of trash, 1,396 tires and 416 appliances

Laws and Fines

512.070 CRIMINAL LITTERING

• Penalty: Class A Misdemeanor ~ Fine up to $500 or up to one year in jail or both

CRIMINAL LITTERING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY; REWARD FOR INFORMATION

• Penalty: Class A Misdemeanor ~ Fine up to $500 or up to one year in jail or both

603 KAR 5:025 -LITTERING AND IMPROPERLY SECURED LOADS-Section 5. Waste and Rubbish.

• Penalty: Class A Misdemeanor ~ Fine up to $500 or up to one year in jail or both

Boone County

• Boone County – $45,000 to clean roadsides and riverbanks
• Registered Litterbug Spotters can use the form below to report a litterbug call Boone County Solid Waste at 334-3151 to

Lexington

• Online Report a Litterbug form

Louisville- www.keepitcleanlouisville.org

Call MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000

Report illegal dumping, call MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000

• Citizen volunteers cleared more than 80 tons of trash in 2005;

• Inmate crews cleared more than 26 tons of trash last year;
• Supplemental winter interstate cleanups cleared almost 150 tons of trash;

Resources

Litter Survey- A View From the Field- 1999-200

FSC Certified Green Printers- Kentucky

Kentucky State Flag

Placed on a navy blue field is the seal and words “Commonwealth of Kentucky”. The two people on the seal, a pioneer and a statesman, represent all the people. They are acting out the meaning of Kentucky’s motto: “United We Stand; Divided We Fall”. Sprays of goldenrod extend in a half circle around the picture. To purchase flag to to 50states.com 

Green Printers- Kentucky 

advertiser Printers Inc. 320 Clay St Dayton KY 41074 (800) 354-9707 Commercial Print-Generalwww.apiprint.com 

BCT 2796 Circleport Dr Erlanger KY 41018 (859) 525-3300 Commercial Print-General www.bctnky.com 

Clark and Riggs Printing Inc. 1904 Watterson Trail, Suite 100 Louisville KY 40299 (502) 493-9651 Commercial Print-General www.clarkandriggs.com 

Coral Graphic Services Inc. 4700 Commerce Crossing Dr. Louisville KY 40229 (502) 962-5466 Commercial Print-General www.coralgraphics.com 

Ivy Hill Corporation 4325 Shepherdsville Rd. Louisville KY 40218 (502) 473-2728 Commercial Print-Generalwww.ivyhill-cinram.com 

Liberty 3021 Nashville Rd Bowling Green KY 42101 (270) 782-7829 Commercial Print-Generalwww.libertyprintgreen.com 

Multi-Craft Litho 131 E Sixth St. Newport KY 41072 (859) 581-2754 Commercial Print-General www.multi-craft.com 

Quebecor World Versailles 100 US Bypass 60 Versailles KY 40384 (859) 873-3181 Commercial Print-General www.quebecorworld.com 

RR Donnelley-Danville 3201 Lebanon Road Danville KY 40422 (859) 238-7910 Magazine, Publication, 

Periodical Printer www.rrdonnelley.com 

RR Donnelley-Glasgow 120 Donnelley Drive Glasgow KY 42141 (270) 678-2121 Magazine, Publication,  Periodical Printer www.rrdonnelley.com 

St. Louis Pressure Sensitive 5644 Shepherdsville Road Louisville KY 40228 502-962-2460 Commercial Print-General 

Steinhauser Inc. 207 East 4th St. Newport KY 41071 (859) 491-7900 Commercial Print-Generalwww.steinhauserinc.com 

The Hennegan Company 7455 Empire Drive Florence KY 41042 (800) 543-0353 Commercial Print-Generalwww.hennegan.com 

The Nielsen Company (an RR Donnelley Company) 7405 Industrial Road Florence KY 41042 (859) 525-7405 Commercial Print-General www.nielsenco.com 

Thoroughbred Printing LLC 904 North Broadway Lexington KY 40505 (859) 226-4510 Commercial Print-General www.thoroughbredprinting.com 

United Graphics Printing Group 816 S Eleventh St. Louisville KY 40210 (800) 481-1677 Commercial Print-Generalwww.unitedgraphicsprintinggroup.com 

V.G. Reed & Sons Inc. 1002 South 12th St. Louisville KY 40210 (502) 560-0158 Commercial Print-Generalwww.vgreed.com 

Vivid Impact Co., LLC 10116 Bunsen Way Louisville KY 40299 (502) 495-6900 Commercial Print-Generalwww.vividimpact.com 

Welch Printing Company Inc. 350 Boxley Ave. Louisville KY 40209 (502) 636-3511 Commercial Print-General www.welchprinting.com 

Wendling Printing Company 111 Beech Street Newport KY 41071 (859) 261-8300 Commercial Print-General www.wendlingprinting.net 

Western States Envelope & Label 1347 Jamike Lane Erlanger KY 41018 (800) 354-9806 Commercial Print-Generalwww.westernstatesenvelope.com 

Costa Rica Eco-Tourism

Eco Friendly Dry Cleaning- Kentucky

Kentucky: 

• EPA has a PDF list of drycleaners that use two alternative methods – wet cleaning and CO2 cleaning.
• FINDCO2.com
• Green Earth Cleaning
• Hangers Dry Cleaners 
• Earth 911
• No Dry Clean 

Highland Cleaners 2455 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY 40205 Phone: 502-454-4641

Farmers Markets- Kentucky

Eat Local and the best place to go- is your local Farmers Market: To find one, click on any of the links below to find a Market near You. Good Eating!

State Directory 

Kentucky Agriculture 

Kentucky Farm Bureau Kentucky Farm Bureau certifies and provides promotion for roadside farm markets in Kentucky which meet established standards for the program. The program allows the market operators to obtain statewide advertising as a way to expand their market areas and increase sales. It also provides customers assurance that the certified markets offer the highest quality fruits and vegetables, many of which are grown on the same farms where the markets are located. An annual directory of certified markets is distributed through state parks and tourism outlets as a convenience to consumers.

Kentucky Farmers Markets The Kentucky Farmers Market Association was formed in 2006 after farmers’ market summits held by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. These summits brought farmers’ market managers and sellers together for two days to discuss issues and learn from each other. It became readily apparent that the time was ripe to form a statewide association to continue these conversations and give a voice to Kentucky’s farmers’ markets.

Litter Resources- Kentucky

Brightside

  Phone: 502.574.2319

Covington Clean City Committee Phone: 859.292.2141

Danville/Boyle County Dept of Solid Waste Phone: 859.238.1116

Harlan County Clean Community Assoc., Inc. Phone: 606.573.9423

Keep Pike Beautiful Phone: 606.432.6245

Kentucky Clean Community Program Phone: 502.564.6716

Madison County Clean Community Phone: 859.624.4709

Pride, Inc. Phone: 270.889.4599

Green- Eco Blogs- Resources- Kentucky

Kentucky State Flower- Goldenrod

These are not all the local green, eco and environmental resources in Kentucky. Please feel free to submit your blog or website if you have local resource that is sustainably related. 

Kentucky

• Green KY 
• Sustainable Kentucky 
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) - www.aashe.org - nationwide organization based in Lexington, KY whose mission is to “promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education through education, communication, research and professional development”
• Bluegrass Conservancy - www.bluegrassconservancy.org - the Bluegrass Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust dedicated to the preservation of rural farmland in the Bluegrass region
• Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community -www.bluegrasspartnership.org - coalition of institutions and organizations geared to making Lexington and the Bluegrass region more sustainable.
• Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility @ UofL -http://louisville.edu/landuse - an interdisciplinary research and public service center at the University of Louisville. Focuses on land use and practices that are related to the natural and human environment. The Center seeks to identify principles, methods, and processes that promote environmentally responsible land uses through research, public service, and interdisciplinary educational programs.
• Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (CART) -www.cartky.org - CART is a Louisville-based organization advocating for sustainable transportation. Walking, bicycling and public transportation are the future of transportation, and CART is helping us get there.
• Community Farm Alliance (CFA) - www.communityfarmalliance.org - statewide organization geared towards increasing awareness and involvement in sustainable, local agriculture and consumption
• Frankfort Climate Action Network - based in the state capital, FrankfortCAN is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make Franklin County more sustainable. Although they don’t currently have a website, you can join their mailing list by emailing frankfortcan [at] gmail [dot] com. Their meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month.
• Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) - www.kftc.org - Kentucky’s statewide, grassroots citizen activist organization. KFTC does great work in a number of social justice arenas, but most pertinent here is their dedication to stopping the practice of mountaintop removal in Eastern Kentucky. KFTC annually hosts ‘I Love Mountains’ Day on February 14th.
• Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) - www.kyconservation.org - nonpartisan environmental coalition dedicated to lobbying Frankfort legislators for greater environmental protection in the state
• Kentucky Heartwood - www.kyheartwood.org - activist organization dedicated to forest land conservation and stewardship and sustainable forestry.
• Kentucky Waterways Alliance - www.kwalliance.org - Louisville-based non-profit working to protect and restore Kentucky’s waterways through statewide advocacy and outreach work. The only nonprofit organization in Kentucky dedicated solely to clean water issues.
• Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) - www.maced.org - based out of Berea, MACED works on a number of issues important to the well-being of eastern Kentucky. Sustainable forestry initiatives focusing on the importance of carbon sequestration, energy efficiency and small business development are at the heart of MACED’s work.
• Sierra Club, Cumberland Chapter - www.kentucky.sierraclub.org - Kentucky’s statewide chapter of the nation’s largest environmental activist organization.
• Southern Energy Network - www.climateaction.net - coalition of activist organizations in the southeast dedicated to creating a clean, renewable energy future in the region most affected by the prominence of coal and nuclear power. Kentucky is one of the state’s that falls under the SEN umbrella.
• Sustainable Communities Network - www.sustainlex.org - spearheaded by Lexington activist Jim Embry, the Sustainable Communities Network is a broad-based sustainability effort in the Bluegrass that aims to educate and empower citizens to think, act and live sustainably.
• Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment @ UK - http://tfce.uky.edu/ - the TFCE is an interdisciplinary environmental education, outreach and research institute housed in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
• University of Kentucky Greenthumb Environmental Club -www.ukgreenthumb.webs.com - Greenthumb is the state’s largest student-run environmental club. Greenthumb has been instrumental in fighting to make the University of Kentucky more sustainable by promoting a ‘green fee’ to go towards renewable energy on campus and by opposing the logging of UK’s Robinson Forest.
• Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library - www.wildcatwheels.org - the University of Kentucky campus bicycle shop promotes bicycling as a way of life. Students, faculty and staff at UK can take advantage of WW semester-long bike loan program, or even go into the shop to get your own two wheels tuned up. Arguably the center of cycling culture in Lexington. Located in the basement of Blazer Hall on UK’s North Campus.
• Tumbledown Farm Good books and down-to-earth philosophizing about sustainable farming and organic gardening.
• Kentucky Farmer 
• Kentucky Eco Geek

Eastern Kentucky 

• ecoEKY- News fro Eastern Kentucky 

Lexington 

• GreenLex - www.greenlex.org - clearinghouse of information about sustainability in Lexington, KY

• The Fayette Alliance - www.fayettealliance.com - the Fayette Alliance seeks to combine the interests of the Lexington area by protecting peripheral farmland by promoting responsible infill redevelopment of the downtown.

Louisville 

• Louisville Green Guide 
• Living Green Louisville here is so much information out there that we all need to know, especially with companies advertising eco-friendly products and services and not all of them truly are eco-friendly. But, there’s not enough hours in the day and the information is too important to miss. There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I will help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities.

Midway 

• Honest Farm n the heart of Kentucky‘s bluegrass country near the historic village of Midway, noted cookbook author Susie Quick has founded a nonprofit sustainable farm

Reclaimed Wood-Salvage- FSC Timber Kentucky

Reclaimed Wood, Used building materials, architectural salvage, reclaimed furniture, FSC certified wood dealers and companies in Kentucky

Hartford

• Heartwood Industries 3658 State Rd 1414 Hartford KY 42347 800-318-9439 – Reclaimed Wood Floors

Hopkinsville

• City Salvage and Recycling 2495 Greenville Road Hopkinsville KY  270-886-5606-Architectural Salvage

Lexington

• Cowgirl Attic- 1535 Delaware Ave, Lexington, KY 40505 859.225.3876- Architectural salvage store.,renovating supplies, old wood mantles, doors,etc, great garden items,
• Longwood Restoration- 330 Midland Pl, Lexington, KY 40505 859.233.2268  -Salvage Log buildings and Flooring
• Many Moon Designs-(www.manymoondesign.com) Reclaimed wood floors, antique lumber, reclaimed furniture, vintage beams

• Salvage Building Materials of Lexington 573 Angliana Ave Lexington KY 40508 Phone: 859-255-4700

Louisville

• ArchitecturalSalvage 618 E Broadway Louisville KY 40202 502.589.0676
  Joe Ley Antiques, Inc. 615 Market Street Louisville KY 40202 Phone: 502-583-4041

Habitat Store Listing

Eco Shoes-Kentucky

Berea 

PeaceCraft   307B Chestnut St.    Berea    KY    40403

859.986.7441

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