Public-Private Partnerships—ACC

Contribute to solutions by working in public-private partnerships aimed at preventing marine debris.

• Together with the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the nonprofit Keep California Beautiful (KCB), ACC is sponsoring programs to place recycling bins and educational signage on beaches to help reduce litter, protect the marine environment and encourage recycling. To date, this partnership has placed nearly 700 bins at 19 coastal locations in the San Diego, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Cruz areas. These bins divert 45 tons of plastics and over 105 tons of other recyclables from the waste stream annually. Through a similar partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), we have expanded this program to heavily trafficked rest stops along coastal and watershed areas. » view related videos

• In March 2008, ACC partnered with KCB, the California Highway Patrol, Caltrans, California Integrated Waste Management Board, California State Parks, and others to launch the Great American Cleanup™ campaign for a litter-free California. Sponsorships of cleanup and litter activities with KCB exceeded $100,000 in 2008. ACC also supported this effort in 2009. » learn more

• ACC has long been a supporter of Keep America Beautiful, and we are continuing to work with them, as a founding sponsor of a new, national campaign to prevent litter and promote recycling. In addition, we’ve sponsored local KAB affiliates and clean up events in California, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other U.S. cities. » learn more