Volunteers will keep Austin’s streets beautiful on Saturday, September 19, with help from 40 new waste and recycling containers across the city.
AUSTIN, Texas – September 15, 2026 – Austin businesses, clubs, and volunteers are gathering together this Saturday, September 19, for Keep Austin Beautiful’s annual Clean Streets Day: a morning dedicated to making our Austin streets clean, beautiful, and safe.
Each fall, Austinites return to regular schedules for school and work, taking a network of neighborhood streets and roadways to get to their destination; however, these streets are one of the most visible places to see the impact of litter on Austin’s beauty. There are nearly 50 billion pieces of litter along U.S. roadways and waterways (2020 National Litter Survey). To help fight this impact, Keep Austin Beautiful has partnered with Honda and Austin Resource Recovery to install 40 new waste and recycling containers in high-need, well-traveled areas.
Twenty volunteer groups (including student clubs, local businesses, and service clubs) will host “Clean Streets Day: Love Streets” projects this Saturday, September 19. Paired with the 40 new waste and recycling containers across the city, these cleanups will demonstrate how Austinites working together can make a more beautiful city for all.
“Our streets are more than routes to our destinations. They’re shared public spaces that connect our communities and shape how we experience Austin every day,” said Rodney Ahart, CEO of Keep Austin Beautiful. “Clean Streets Day reminds us that these shared spaces deserve our attention and that we all have a role in keeping them litter-free.”
“Reducing litter in Austin starts with simple, everyday choices,” said Austin Resource Recovery Director Richard McHale. “By adding more bins and encouraging better recycling habits across the city, we’re making it easier for people to do the right thing.”
Volunteer opportunities are available. To learn more, please visit keepaustinbeautiful.org/volunteer/clean-streets-day.
Keep Austin Beautiful would like to thank Arca-Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages for supporting Clean Streets Day. Thank you to Honda for sponsoring the new waste and recycling containers, making it more accessible and easier than ever to keep Austin beautiful and litter-free.
About Keep Austin Beautiful
Founded in 1985, Keep Austin Beautiful is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that inspires and educates all Austinites to volunteer together, beautify green spaces, clean waterways, and reduce waste every day. In 2026, Keep Austin Beautiful empowered over 11,000 volunteers to remove 91 tons of litter from public spaces and taught over 15,000 youth how to recycle, compost, and reduce their waste to inspire them to become the next generation of environmental leaders.
