One Clean Gulfport conducting research on litter
One Clean Gulfport is asking for your help to stop littering. One Clean Gulfport is an organization made up of volunteers against littering. They are currently conducting a survey…
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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…
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…
Harrison County reducing litter with new garbage pickup equipment
(WXXV) — For Mike Schonewitz, Harrison County District 5 Assistant Road Manager, the goal is simple – keep the roads of District 5 clean. Unfortunately, a perpetual litter problem is making things difficult for Schonewitz and his crew. But Schonewitz…
Orange Grove Elementary participates in MDOT’s ‘Operation Clean Up’
‘Don’t trash Mississippi’ was the theme at one Gulfport area school today as students learned more about keeping the environment clean and healthy. Students like Orange Grove Elementary’s Joey Quick are now swept up in making good choices to help…
Firework trash cleanup in Harrison County
Now that the July Fourth festivities are over, it’s clean up time across South Mississippi beaches. This morning, dozens of residents joined together to make that happen. The fun of shooting fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July may be…
Keeping South Mississippi beaches clean
For anyone laying out in the sun on the beach this summer, it is important to pick up trash that belongs to them because you never know who or what suffers from it. The temperature is on the rise and…
MS Coastal Cleanup Nets 1,603 Bags of Trash
Nearly 2,000 volunteers combed the Coast's beaches, marsh areas, and barrier islands Saturday, Oct. 18th, picking up trash at 47 sites during the 26th Annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup.
26th Annual Coastal Cleanup Held Saturday
The Gulf’s coastline is one of Mississippi's greatest treasures and sometimes it requires a little extra help to keep it clean.