COLUMBUS, OH -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will present Guernsey County officials with a $10,000 check on Monday, February 26, initiating a new litter prevention and education program. The presentation will take place at 1 p.m. in the Guernsey County Commissioner's Office, Suite 101, 128 East Eighth Street, Cambridge.
Guernsey County is one of six Ohio communities chosen to pilot "Take Pride, Ohio!," a statewide litter prevention and revitalization program coordinated by the ODNR Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention. During the next year, each community will create an individual, comprehensive litter prevention and education program, focusing on litter prevention, volunteerism and economic revitalization to assist in the cleanup of blighted areas.
"Take Pride, Ohio! pilot communities will help the state design a sustainable litter prevention program that can be adapted to any Ohio community," said Michael Canfield, chief of the Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention. "We look forward to sharing this valuable information with the state's local recycling and litter prevention programs next year."
In addition to Guernsey County, other communities and counties tapped for initial "Take Pride, Ohio!" litter prevention and education activities are Allen County, Butler County/City of Hamilton, City of Mansfield, Montgomery County and Washington County.