Be aware that many of the links on this page are outside the City and County of Denver web-site. We have no control over their content or accuracy.

Educational Resources and Litter Information

• Keep America Beautiful - A network of local, statewide and international affiliate programs dedicated to educating individuals about litter prevention, community improvement and waste reduction.
• Earth 911 - A resource to what is happening around the country in the way of recycling, waste reduction, litter control and other environmental issues
• CigaretteLitter.Org - "It is estimated that several trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide every year."
• Decision Maker's Guide to Controlling Litter and Illegal Dumping - National Center for Environmental Decision-making Research
• Canadian Geographic Green Team Challenge - Offers ideas for schools and youth groups
• Auntie Litter - Lots of service learning ideas. A litter control program started by a former elementary school teacher
• Citizens Against Ugly Street Spam (CAUSS) - A grassroots organization dedicated to the elimination of illegal signs
• I am Ugly Litter - Also dedicated to the elimination of illegal signs
• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative - A greater Boston neighborhood takes control and revitalizes through its own efforts
• New South Wales Environmental Authority Litter Page - Litter control efforts in another part of the world
• Urban Litter Forum Examines Links to Crime and Economic Development - Discusses the connection between litter/illegal dumping to crime and blight.

Other metro area "Adopt" litter abatement programs

• Colorado Department of Transportation
• City of Lakewood
• Jefferson County
• City of Wheat Ridge

Environmental/outdoor volunteer programs in Colorado

• Hands on Denver - Denver Parks and Recreation volunteer opportunities in the parks
• City of Thornton
• City of Northglenn
• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado - Colorado’s most comprehensive resource for outdoor volunteer programs

Volunteer Resources

• Keep Denver Beautiful Volunteer Opportunities
• Denver Volunteer Opportunities Page - including Denver Boards and Commissions, Denver Human Services, Denver Public Library, Denver Parks/Natural Areas, Denver Parks/Hands On Denver and The Denver Zoo!
• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado - Opportunities all over Colorado to volunteer outdoors
• MetroVolunteers - Metro Denver's Resource for Volunteerism
• VolunteerMatch - Hundreds of local, regional and national opportunities
• Points of Light Foundation - a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes volunteerism.

City and County of Denver agencies

• DenverGov.Org - City and County of Denver home page
  • Adenver AtoZ Directory
• Residential trash removal - Solid Waste Management
• Graffiti abatement and information - Denver Partners Against Graffiti
• Abandoned or Illegal Cars
  • On private property - Neighborhood Inspection Services
  • On the street - Call 303-295-4371
• Neighborhood support services, zoning, planning, and code enforcement - Community Planning and Development for general information
  • Code enforcement and other private property concerns - for commercial and residential properties. Junk vehicles, messy properties, health/safety hazards - Neighborhood Inspection Services - or call 720-865-3200
  • Housing & Neighborhood Development Services (H&NDS) - Facilitating the development of viable urban neighborhoods
• Denver Wastewater Management - storm and sanitary sewers
• Homeless issues - Trash and sanitation
• Denver Volunteer Opportunities Page
• Hands on Denver - Denver Parks and Recreation volunteer opportunities in the parks

Recycling Links

• Denver Recycle Home Page
• See the Denver Recycles Links Page