Keep America Beautiful affiliates and partner organizations have an opportunity to participate in a KAB initiative to place 5,000 litter stands to collect and recycle cigarette butts in communities nationwide and educate adult smokers 21+ on the importance of disposing of their cigarette butts properly.

Keep America Beautiful supports efforts to end littering and promote recycling. Grant recipients will place litter stands in locations that will help promote proper cigarette butt disposal among adult smokers. 

Cigarette Litter Collection Stands Eligibility 

• Open Community Grant - not limited to KAB Affiliates however non-KAB Affiliate applicants are encouraged to partner with a KAB Affiliate in their community 
  

• Install the litter stand(s) in an accessible place (e.g., outside entrance to retail location, or transition point where adult smokers commonly dispose of cigarette butts). Hardware is included to mount each receptacle. 
• Maintain litter stand(s) (e.g., regularly empty cigarette butts for expense paid shipment to Terracycle for recycling). 
• In the grant report submitted after the placement of litter stands, grantees will share the GPS coordinates of each litter stand location with KAB to include on the interactive map. GPS coordinates can be identified in several ways: 1) Enter the litter stand location/address into https://www.latlong.net/ and record coordinates or 2) Using Google Maps, right-click the place on the map. Select “What’s Here?”. At the bottom of the map, a card with coordinates will appear. 
• Recycle cigarette butts through Terracycle’s Cigarette Recycling Program - recycling is offered free of charge to participants

• Applications will be reviewed & decided by KAB Staff. 
• Order requests will be evaluated for responsiveness, alignment with Keep America Beautiful mission and goal to eliminate litter 
• Alignment with existing or new cigarette litter prevention program (CLPP) 
• Measurable outcomes in terms of cigarette litter reduced and materials recycled 

Grant wrap-up reports must include the following information: 

• Date Receptacles were Received & Placed Into Service 
• GPS coordinates for each receptacle placed 
• Estimated quantity of cigarette litter butts collected