Students to Help With School Wide Pickup Event in Lexington, SC
Columbia, SC (March 2019) –River Bluff High School will be hosting a week long school wide initiative to help pickup roadways surrounding the high school’s campus. The week of March…
Public Art to Prevent Litter Mural Completed in Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC (March 2019) – On Friday, March 16, at 11:30 a.m. PalmettoPride, Palmetto Outdoor Center and One Columbia will unveil a mural completed in an effort to help reduce…
Litter Reduces With Consistent Cleanup
Columbia, SC (February 2019) – The 12thAnnual Francis Marion National Forest Cleanup, held on Saturday, February 2, saw record numbers of volunteers and co-hosts who came pick up litter from…
PalmettoPride Releases 2018 Litter Control Report Numbers
Columbia, SC – PalmettoPride announced today the 2018 Litter Control Enforcement Grant ticket numbers. From the 24 enforcement agencies that received a 2017-2018 Enforcement Grant, reports indicate that a total…
Grant Recipients Announced to Help Keep South Carolina Clean, Green and Beautiful
Columbia, SC (January 2019) — PalmettoPride has awarded Keep South Carolina Beautiful Grants to 20 affiliates and organizations to help continue local programs across the state. The KSCB Grant provides…
2018- 2019 PalmettoPride Litter Prevention Grant Recipients Announced
Columbia, SC (January 2019) — PalmettoPride has awarded Litter Prevention Grants totaling $213,071.00 to 32 groups and organizations to assist with litter prevention efforts. PalmettoPride grants are competitive and open…
Calling All Aspiring Writers: Enter PalmettoPride’s Children’s Book Contest
Columbia, SC (September 2018) – PalmettoPride’s Children’s Book Contest returns this fall. This year’s contest will begin on September 20 and will be open to South Carolina writers of all…
PalmettoPride’s New Public Art to Prevent Litter Project Opens Today
Columbia, SC (September 4, 2018) – PalmettoPride is looking to install five public art projects in a new Public Art for Litter Prevention Contest. Five artists will be selected to…
PalmettoPride, Keep South Carolina Beautiful and Partners Create the Edisto River Adopt-A-Landing Grant
Columbia, SC – In an effort to encourage behavior change around littering, PalmettoPride, Keep South Carolina Beautiful, Walther Farms and Keep America Beautiful have come together to create the Edisto…
The Honorable Governor Henry McMaster Signs Act 214 Revising the State Litter Laws
Columbia, SC – The Honorable Governor McMaster signed Act 214 of 2018, amending Section 16-11-700 of the South Carolina Code of Laws which regulates the state’s litter laws. Revising the…