Adopt-a-Highway

About South Carolina’s Adopt-A-Highway program is a statewide volunteer initiative that allows community groups, businesses, schools, and organizations to “adopt” a stretch of state-maintained roadway and keep it clean…

Cigarette Litter Prevention Program

Nothing “butt” litter Through our partnership with Keep America Beautiful, South Carolinians have an opportunity to participate in the nation’s largest program aimed at reducing cigarette litter. Community members can start making…

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

Your resource for CPTED training Our physical surroundings provide psychological cues informing us whether a space is safe for our intended activity. We subconsciously learn to recognize and avoid…

Environmental Sculptures

Art inspiring action Beautification is a tactic of litter prevention and art can change a community in a positive way. Dating back to 2013, PalmettoPride first began…

Keep South Carolina Beautiful

South Carolina is our home PalmettoPride coordinates Keep South Carolina Beautiful, which is the state of South Carolina’s affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. PalmettoPride supports volunteers and local affiliates…

Louie the Lion

Teaching South Carolina youth to take pride since 2002 Louie the Lion is PalmettoPride’s mascot serving as an ambassador to children of all ages. As the King of Litter Pickups, his…

Monofilament Recycling

Closing the loop Monofilament is single strand fishing line and is typically a strong flexible clear plastic that is tinted blue, pink or green. Discarded monofilament is harmful to wildlife…

Recycle Right SC

Do your part and Recycle Right The Recycle Right SC campaign–a partnership between the SC Department of Environmental Services and PalmettoPride–is designed to inform residents on how to properly recycle,…

SC Sweep

This Year’s Impact PalmettoPride’s second annual SC Sweep, held March 21 through March 29, saw significant growth in just its second year, increasing from more than 80 tons…

Secure Your Load

Though more than 80% of littering is intentional, an estimated 20% of litter is unintentional and ends up on our roadways. Operating a vehicle without properly securing its load…