NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Friends of Bayou St. John has been selected as one of the 71 recipients of the 2023-24 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Trash Receptacle Grant Program made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and Office of the Lieutenant Governor. The Friends of Bayou St. John will install three trash receptacles along Moss Street between Toulouse St. and Orleans Ave.
Through the 2024 Trash Receptacle Grant Program, Keep Louisiana Beautiful awarded 628 receptacles to 71 organizations in 40 parishes for a total value of $491,294.
As part of the requirements of this grant, the Friends of Bayou St. John will perform a post installation litter scan and compare the data collected to preliminary scan results. Data will be shared with the public once available.
“Litter is hurting our quality of life in Mid-City,” says Zoe Sullivan, director of development of the Friends of Bayou St.John. “With these new receptacles installed, we will be able to reduce litter and keep our community clean and beautiful.”
“Recent data collected by Keep Louisiana Beautiful shows a reduction of litter by 78 percent in areas where trash receptacles are properly installed and maintained,” says Susan Russell, KLB executive director. “One of our organization’s key initiatives is to help build infrastructure that supports clean, beautiful communities. Funding trash receptacles is one way we do that. Congratulations to the Friends of Bayou St. Johnfor being selected as a 2023-24 Trash Receptacle Grant recipient.”
To learn more about Keep Louisiana Beautiful, visit www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org.
