Welcome to Keep Cocke County Beautiful

Welcome to Keep Cocke County Beautiful's website, your information source for litter prevention, beautification and solid waste reduction. KCCB is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful (KAB). We are a non-profit organization devoted to promoting a cleaner, healthier and safer community and to protect our natural resources through education.

We have three areas of focus: litter prevention, beautification and waste reduction. We believe that behaviors - like littering - can be changed. We believe that beautification can impact our economic growth and safety. And we believe that recycling is a choice that we can embrace to keep our landfill empty and hauling fees lower.

Please join us by volunteering in one of our many programs or special events. Contact our Executive Director, Elizabeth Reed at 423-623-1050 or KCCBbelitterfree@bellsouth.net

About KCCB

Keep Cocke County Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. We were certified as an affiliate on November 12, 1993. We were then re-certified in July of 2004 and are more active than ever.

KCCB has a 15 member volunteer Board of Directors and one paid staff member.

KCCB is not a custodial service that can be hired to do clean-ups. We do not want our volunteers always picking up litter because simple clean ups are not enough and do not work. Loose trash will always return within a few days after a clean up. We focus on PREVENTION vs. PICKUP. Cleanups will always be a part of our action plan for a cleaner community but changing the behaviors and attitudes that generate the litter is the long-term, lasting solution.

We partner with businesses, schools, civic groups, neighborhood groups and local governments to help improve our community.