Volunteers To Take Litter Survey On Roswell Streets

On Saturday, July 12, join Keep Roswell Beautiful Board members and volunteers from Historic Roswell Kiwanis as they drive around Roswell to conduct their annual Litter Index Survey—a visual assessment to rate the amount of litter in our city.    

The annual Roswell Litter Survey is linked to a national Keep America Beautiful to rank areas on cleanliness. 

“Assessing the presence of litter in your community is the first step in the litter prevention education process and in empowering individuals to enhance their community environments,” said Janet Liberman, executive director of Keep Roswell Beautiful and environmental programs manager for the City of Roswell. 

The city is divided into the five assessment zones for the survey. Volunteers are given a map and scoring sheets and drive a particular zone to rate the amount of litter they see on a 1 to 4 scale—1 meaning “virtually no litter,” and 4 indicating “major dump-sites.”Ideally, there are 3–4 people in each vehicle: one driver and 2–3 scorers.   

For the past 14 years, Roswell has scored an average of 1.3—very little litter. 

The event will begin at the Chick-Fil-A located at 604 Holcomb Bridge Road at 9:00 a.m.  Breakfast is provided. Volunteers should expect the actual scoring to take about 1 hour. 

For more information, contact Keep Roswell Beautiful at info@keeproswellbeautiful.org.