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<b><span style="color:#00467E">News Media Contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#00467E">Amy Blalock, Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">919.475.7735 (mobile</span><span style="color:#00467E">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:50.0pt;color:#00467F">News Release</span><span style="color:#00467F;text-transform:uppercase">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#EF3D42">For Immediate Release: September 8, 2022</span><span style="color:#D3372A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Durham’s Big Sweep Litter Cleanup Set for October 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Volunteers Encouraged to Clean Up Sites with the Bull City’s Largest Annual Litter Cleanup Event<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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DURHAM, N.C. – If you want a cleaner community, grab your family and friends and head out to a neighborhood, park or creek to clean up litter as part of Durham’s Annual Big Sweep next month.
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Online registration for this year’s Saturday, October 1 event is now open on the <a href="https://keepdurhambeautiful.org/big-sweep">
Durham Big Sweep website</a> for the annual fall cleanup that brings together volunteers to remove litter.
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Since 2005, over 6,300 volunteers have collected 195,000 pounds of litter from trails, parks, roadsides, and waterways in Durham. “Big Sweep shows the power of the Durham community,” said Keep Durham Beautiful Executive Director Tania Dautlick. “We can all
do our part to transform litter hot spots into green spots, first through prevention, then through cleanups.”
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According to Dautlick, Big Sweep is Durham's largest litter cleanup event of the year, and is coordinated by Keep Durham Beautiful, the City of Durham Public Works Department Stormwater and GIS Services Division, the Durham County Soil & Water Conservation
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Big Sweep volunteers are provided bags, gloves, litter grabbers, and vests. The City’s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department and the Durham County General Services Department ensure that all collected litter is properly recycled or sent to the landfill.
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Additional cleanup dates are also available. Volunteers can now register as an individual and select a group event to join, and groups can also now register their own organized events throughout the months of September and October. Volunteers needing assistance
identifying a cleanup location or who would like to organize a group cleanup are encouraged to send an
<a href="mailto:info@keepdurhambeautiful.org">email</a> or visit the <a href="https://keepdurhambeautiful.org/big-sweep">
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">About Keep Durham Beautiful
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<a href="http://www.keepdurhambeautiful.org/"><span style="background:white">Keep Durham Beautiful</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> is a nonprofit, volunteer organization working in partnership with the
</span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/733/General-Services"><span style="background:white">City of Durham General Services Department</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> and
</span><a href="http://dconc.gov/"><span style="background:white">Durham County</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> to encourage residents, businesses, and community organizations to protect the environment and enhance the appearance of Durham
through cleanup events, beautification projects, waste reduction, and educational activities. To learn more follow on
</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/KeepDurhamBeautiful"><span style="background:white">Facebook</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">,
</span><a href="https://instagram.com/keepdurhambeautiful/"><span style="background:white">Instagram</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">,
</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/keepdurhambeautiful/"><span style="background:white">Flickr</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">, and
</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/DurhamBeautiful"><span style="background:white">Twitter</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b>About the Public Works Department Stormwater and GIS Services Division<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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The <a href="https://durhamnc.gov/692/Stormwater-GIS-Services">Stormwater Division</a> with the City of Durham Public Works Department is guided by the City’s
<a href="https://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan">Strategic Plan</a> goals of sustainable natural, and built environment and innovative and high-performing organization. Activities include storm drainage design and plans review; inspecting and maintaining City-owned
drainage systems; enforcing stormwater ordinances and regulations; education and outreach; stream monitoring, restoration, and watershed master planning. To learn more follow on
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/DurhamNCStormwater">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DurhamStormH2O">
Twitter</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">About the Durham County Soil & Water Conservation District</span></strong><b><span style="background:white"><br>
</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">The Durham County Soil & Water Conservation District seeks to conserve, enhance and promote the natural resources of Durham County by providing technical assistance, environmental education information and
economic incentives to County citizens and by exhibiting a diversified program to meet its changing needs. For more information, visit the</span><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span><a href="http://dconc.gov/swcd"><span style="background:white">website</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">and follow on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/DCoSWCD"><span style="background:white">Facebook</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background:white">,</span></span><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span><a href="http://www.Twitter.com/DCoSWCD"><span style="background:white">Twitter</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">,
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/durhamswcd/"><span style="background:white">Instagram</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.
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