Keep the Midlands Beautiful Events
Educators: Please check our Green Steps website for workshops and other events especially for you.
February 1 - March 31, 2010 - Telephone Book Recycling. Click here for a list of drop-off locations.
March 1 - May 31, 2010 - Great American Cleanup. Click here for a full list of events.
March 13, 2010 - Recycling at St. Pats in Five Points
For the third year, Keep the Midlands Beautiful will be working with volunteers from the Sierra Club John Bachman Group to offer recycling at the St. Pat’s in Five Points Festival on March 13, 2010. All volunteers must be 21 or over. There are 2 shifts: 12:00 – 3:30 and 3:30 – 7:00. We will provide gloves, grabbers, and bags. Volunteers will roam the festival grounds to empty recycling bags and carry them to the designated dumpsters. E-mail heidi@keepthemidlandsbeautiful.org to volunteer.
March 20, 2010 - Third Saturday Cleanup: Lyon Street Community. Click here for details.
April 6, 2010 - Green Drinks Columbia at The Loose Cockaboose (936 South Stadium Road). Click here for more information.
April 10, 2010
- Central Midlands Lawn Mower Exchange - Click here for more information.
- Electronics, Tires, and Scrap Metal Recycling, 9:00am - 1:00pm at Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School (125 Boney Road, Blythewood). Click here for details.
April 17, 2010
- Third Saturday Cleanup: Town of Lexington. Click here for details.
April 24, 2010
- Visit the Green Mile table at Kids Day of Lexington
- Recycling at Sparkleberry Fair
For the second year, Keep the Midlands Beautiful will be offering recycling at the Sparkleberry Fair. Volunteers are needed for two shifts: 12:00 - 2:30pm and 2:45-5:15pm. We will provide gloves, grabbers, and bags. Volunteers will roam the festival grounds to empty recycling bags and carry them to the designated dumpsters. E-mail heidi@keepthemidlandsbeautiful.org to volunteer. - Great Irmo Cleanup, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Volunteers will meet at Irmo Town Hall located at 7300 Woodrow Street, Irmo, SC.
- Springdale Town Cleanup Day, 9:30 - 11:30 am. Volunteers will at 9:30 am at the Felton C. Benton Park (2915 Platt Springs Road) to receive road assignments. The Town will provide water, gloves, trash bags, safety vests and lunch for all participants. Click here for more information.
May 15, 2010 - Third Saturday Cleanup: Location to be announced.
Events in the Community
The Richland Conservation District is selling rain barrel systems for $90 each. Click here to learn more. To purchase a rain barrel, e-mail Charlie Fisher or call 803-576-2080.
February 22, 2010 - Sustainable Midlands Columbia Mayoral Candidate Forum on the Environment, 6:00 pm in the Olympia Room of Historic 701 Whaley located in downtown Columbia.
- The forum will provide a chance for the public to hear from the 2010 Mayoral Candidates about their positions on sustainability issues and plans for addressing the environmental challenges facing Columbia.
- The forum organizer, Sustainable Midlands, invites the public to come at 5:30PM to meet the candidates and the forum will take place from 6 to 7:30PM. Sustainable Midlands is a non-profit coalition of organizations in the Midlands of South Carolina dedicated to protecting air and water quality and promoting the principles of sustainability in our community.
March 18, 2010 – SC Midlands Master Gardeners 20th Anniversary Gardening Symposium: Southern Garden Memories, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Columbia Conference Center. $50 for members. $60 for non-members. Click here for more information and the registration form.