The Cobb County Office of Sustainability / Keep Cobb Beautiful kept Cobb busy during Earth Month 2025!

We kicked off Earth Month early on March 29 with Commissioner Sheffield's District 4 Earth Day Cleanup. This annual event brings together the office of Commissioner Monique Sheffield, the Cobb County Office of Sustainability / Keep Cobb Beautiful, and volunteers from Cobb County and beyond to help clean up and beautify Cobb County. This year's event focused on litter pickup, community garden beautification and planting, and senior citizen yard cleanup and beautification.

At this year's event, we welcomed over 400 volunteers, collected 8,970 pounds of trash, and helped clean up and beautify multiple senior citizen yards and a community garden, making this year's event our largest and most impactful.

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On April 12, we held our Spring Community Recycling Event at Jim Miller Park. During this event, we collected electronics, metals, hard-to-recycle plastics for the Hefty Renew Program, clothing for America's Thrift Stores, shoes for Eco Sneakers, paper for secure shredding through Shred-It, and more. We collected 660 pounds of material for the Hefty Renew Program, 14.98 tons of electronics for recycling, 32,000 pounds of paper for shredding, 2,318 pounds of textiles, and 13.28 tons of metals for recycling. We welcomed over 1,000 cars. 

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The Cobb County Office of Sustainability / Keep Cobb Beautiful was represented at several Earth Day events throughout Cobb County. On Earth Day, Keep Cobb Beautiful had booths at the Kennesaw State University Earth Day Event as well as the Georgia National Guard Earth Day Event. Chief Sustainability Officer Kimberly White also helped out with the Bridgestone Tire Cleanup event. Later in the week, the team was represented at the Kennesaw State University Marietta Campus Earth Day Event. The team handed out seeds, discussed the Hefty Renew program, and recruited volunteers for our events and Adopt-a-Mile programs.

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On April 26, the Office of Sustainability / Keep Cobb Beautiful held its Spring Medication Disposal Event. At this event, volunteers helped Cobb County residents safely dispose of expired or otherwise unwanted medications. This event was held at three locations across Cobb County -- the C. Freeman Poole Senior Center in Smyrna, Precinct One in Kennesaw, and the Tim D. Lee Senior Center in Marietta. Volunteers welcomed 571 cars and collected 68 bags and 1,703 pounds of medications. Cobb County Police Officers helped to safely dispose of these bags at the end of the day, keeping these medications out of our waterways. 

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Finally, the Cobb County Office of Sustainability / Keep Cobb Beautiful held its third annual Sustainability Forum & Expo on April 30 at Jim Miller Park. This event brought together various businesses and cities within Cobb County as well as various Cobb County Government departments to share their sustainability initiatives with Cobb County residents. Additionally, the event featured an awards portion in which individuals, groups, and government departments were awarded for their contributions to a more sustainable Cobb County. Launched in 2023 and opened to the public in 2024, this year's Sustainability Forum & Expo was the largest and most successful yet, welcoming 40 vendors and 400 attendees. 

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