Safe ways to dispose of holiday trash
As the holiday celebrations wind down, the aftermath of Christmas brings a noticeable increase in waste. Wrapping paper and cardboard boxes quickly turn into trash. Sustainable traditions help limit…
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Cleaning the Mississippi City cemetery
Students from Southern Miss and Pass Road Elementary came together today to clean the Mississippi City Cemetery. The University of Southern Mississippi Anthropology faculty and students are in Gulfport…
Mississippi Power volunteers clean up Turkey Creek
Mississippi Power volunteers partnered with the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain to do a clean-up at Turkey Creek. This clean-up was a scheduled Martin Luther King Jr.…
Cleaning up aftermath of Mardi Gras parades
The day after Fat Tuesday means a huge clean up after the beads and confetti are left behind on the parade route. Local business owners, citizens, and the City…
Mississippi Power removes debris from waterways through annual Renew our Rivers cleanup
A local power company is kicking off the fall season with its annual waterfront cleanup. Mississippi Power employees were at the Dock in Gulfport…
Volunteers needed for cleanup in Moss Point
Moss Point still needs volunteers to help with the cleanup and they’re asking for your assistance. We caught up with a volunteer group called the 8 Days of Hope…
Volunteers needed for debris cleanup in Moss Point
Moss Point leaders are getting ready for this weekend when scores of volunteers are expected to come in to help with tornado cleanup. Paige Roberts, CEO of the…
Moss Point football team helps clean up debris
Members of the Moss Point High School football team broke out the wheelbarrows and put on their gloves to help clear storm debris in the yards of elderly…
Local business owner cleaning up community
A local resident and business owner is so fed up with the litter problem in his area, he’s taking matters into his own hands. The owner of the White…
St. Martin resident seeking solution to pollution plaguing community
The litter bug is continuing to plague a St. Martin neighborhood. For over a year now, people polluting the Porteaux Bay Biloxi Bay Community has been running…
Trash taking over streets and highways on the Coast
You can’t get far driving without seeing trash along the highway or streets on the Gulf Coast. MDOT has tried for many years to decrease the litter…
Crews across the Coast cleaning up beaches after 4th of July celebrations
July 5th is a busy day for city and county workers having to clear off litter from our beaches and roadways. Last night, the…
Volunteers clean up Deer Island as part of Mississippi Power’s ‘Renew our Rivers’ program
Since 2005, Mississippi Power’s ‘Renew our Rivers’ program has collected almost 400 tons of debris. Today, with volunteers from several Coast casinos,…
Exit Realty and 911 Restoration organize Earth Day clean up in Harrison County
To celebrate Earth Day, Exit Realty and 911 Restoration partnered to help clean a portion of the beach in Harrison County. Clean up…
Mardi Gras clean up expected to take days in Biloxi
After all the Mardi Gras celebrations and parades, clean up along parade routes is underway. In Biloxi, city crews are picking up the pieces left behind…
Police urge caution when disposing of Christmas gift packaging
Christmas has come and gone and Santa Claus has returned to the North Pole, leaving behind a load of goodies and the fancy packages they came in.…
MDEQ deploys litter collectors to South Mississippi
Keeping the Mississippi Sound clean and beautiful is necessary for a thriving environment here in South Mississippi. In an effort to continue that mission, a pilot project funded by…
Working together to beautify Gulfport
This Saturday, the Gulfport community is coming together to beautify its neighborhoods. Gulfport Police Department is working with Extend a Hand, Help a Friend for their monthly community cleanup. They will…
Harrison County Beautification Commission holding Pick up and the Point cleanup
Set your alarms for Saturday morning to get up and enjoy a fun clean-up day. Harrison County Beautification Commission is set to host a cleanup…
Harrison County Sand Beach Authority cleaning up seaweed
As Memorial Day Weekend kicks off, crowds are expected to get out and enjoy our Gulf Coast beaches. So, when a large amount of seaweed washed up on Biloxi beaches, Harrison County Sand Beach Authority got to…
Clean up and recovery continues in Pass Christian
One Harrison County city took quite a few hits during last year’s storm season, but is making progress and heading toward a full recovery. Tropical Storm Cristobal and Hurricane Zeta caused millions of dollars in damage in…
Hurricane Zeta clean up and recovery continues in Pass Christian
It’s been more than two months since Hurricane Zeta made landfall as a category two hurricane, leaving a trail of destruction here throughout South Mississippi and clean up continues to this day. Some federal assistance is becoming…
Zeta debris clean up in Pass Christian
What a difference a week makes! Last week, we showed you how Hurricane Zeta debris clean up had begun in Pass Christian and now just a little more than a week later sections of the city streets…
Climb CDC hosting community cleanup Saturday
South Mississippi continues to put on cleanup efforts to restore the community after the effects of Hurricane Zeta. Climb CDC is a prime example as they’re hosting a community united cleanup event tomorrow from 9 a.m. to…