News
Enter Today: New Palmetto Patriot’s Pickup
Columbia, SC – Do you have Palmetto pride? Then this new litter pickup challenge is for you. PalmettoPride is challenging every South Carolinian to complete the Palmetto Patriot’s Pickup, a...
News
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...
News
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...
News
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...
News
Adopt-A-Highway Celebrates 30 Years Of Volunteers
(May 2, 2018) –On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, PalmettoPride celebrated the 30th anniversary of Adopt-A-Highway at the annual awards luncheon in Columbia. Volunteers and county coordinators gathered to celebrate and...
News
Local Volunteers Take Action To Clean, Restore And Renew Lexington County
Columbia, SC – Keep South Carolina Beautiful and its parent organization PalmettoPride will host a community cleanup in Lexington County on Saturday, April 21, 2018, along Meadowfield Road in Gaston....
News
Litter Trashes Everyone Children’s Book Presentation Coming Soon
Columbia, SC – PalmettoPride’s goal is to prevent litter, not just pick it up and prevention starts with education. The first annual Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest Children’s Book Contest...
News
Litter Trashes Everyone Annual Art Contest Finalists Announced
Columbia, SC – Education is a key component to litter prevention and is one of PalmettoPride’s four tenets of behavior change. The organization offers a number of free educational programs...
News
A New Tool To Enforce Litter Laws
Columbia, SC (February 26, 2018) – South Carolina lawmakers have written new legislation that aims to help litter control efforts. House Bill 4458 (H. 4458) revises the state code that...
News
Routine Litter Pickup Reduces Litter
Columbia, SC (February 14, 2018) – The 11th annual Francis Marion National Forest Cleanup was held on Saturday, February 3, 2018, and at the event, 327 volunteers removed more than...