City of Douglasville, GA

Calling all residents and Businesses of Douglasville to join the Neighborhood Litter Brigade!

Take pride in your community – protect our waterways – inspire others – volunteer with family and friends – have fun – make a difference

Why pick up litter?

• Litter hurts our neighborhoods and businesses. Heavily littered neighborhoods may look less attractive and be less appealing to home buyers or new businesses. Keeping your neighborhood clean of litter can increase property values without raising taxes.
• Litter harms our lakes, creeks, rivers & wildlife. During rainstorms litter washes down our streets and storm drains into nearby lakes, creeks, and rivers. It can accumulate into unsightly trash heaps and cause harm to wildlife. Litter and debris can also clog storm drains causing flooding in neighborhoods. Marking a storm drain lets people know to "watch out" for it because of where it drains.
• Be a good neighbor, citizen, and steward of the earth. We all want to live in a neighborhood, city, and world that is clean and healthy. Do your small part to keep our city and green spaces beautiful!

Help make our city clean and beautiful!

Volunteer on your own or with your friends and family, or co-workers and join your neighbors to clean up litter from Douglasville streets and mark storm drains!  Show your community pride and feel good knowing that you are beautifying your neighborhood and preventing litter from ending up in our storm drains and waterways.It’s Easy to Participate*: Commit to help clean up litter and mark storm drains. Click the Join the brigade button to sign up.

• Choose a day to clean up your neighborhood streets. Mark storm drains and pick up litter anytime individually or with a neighborhood group.
• Get supplies. Use your own gloves and bags.  Order a litter grabber, safety vest and storm drain marker kit for only $5 for individuals, $10 for families, or $50 for businesses (order information on signup form). 
• Be safe. Follow social distancing guidelines and these Safety Tips to protect yourself when picking up litter.
• Dispose of litter properly. Dispose of the trash bag into your garbage cart.
• Share Your Results here and see the community-wide impact!  Report the total number of volunteers, bags of litter collected, and blocks cleaned.
• Inspire others to do the same. Share photos or videos of your cleanup activities on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag #KeepDouglasvilleBeautiful. You can also email your photos to info@KeepDouglasvilleBeautiful.org.  

*Program available to City of Douglasville residents and businesses only.

• Do follow social distancing guidelines. Wear a mask if you will come in close contact with others.
• Do wear gloves (latex, work gloves, or cotton gloves).
• Do wear good walking shoes and dress for the weather.
• Do wear bright-colored clothing or a safety vest to be visible by traffic.
• Do face oncoming traffic when on the street and look up often to monitor approaching vehicles. In a group, designate someone to be a spotter or set up safety cones.
• Do provide proper adult supervision for children at all times. We do not recommend young children participate near or on the street.
• Do NOT overfill or compact bags. Injuries from jagged or broken items may occur.

DO NOT pick up the following items, please email us with details and locations of items - info@keepdouglasvillebeautiful.org:

• Sharp objects
• Needles and syringes
• Hazardous Waste
• Abandoned barrels
• Chemical containers
• Unidentifiable containers
• Bulging or dented containers
• Containers leaking unknown substances
• Propane cylinders
• Gas cans, oil or antifreeze
• Paint cans
• Pesticide or herbicide containers
• Automotive batteries
• Weapons
• Narcotics
• Dead animals

The Neighborhood Litter Brigade is only available to residents and businesses whose address is inside the city limits of Douglasville.
See if your address is inside the city. 

Keep Douglasville Beautiful and Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority thank you for volunteering to pick up litter or mark storm drains on your block or in your neighborhood. Please fill out this form to get involved.