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Waste Policy Forum
Municipal Solid Waste
Preventing Illegal Dumping
Highlighted Resources
Success Stories
Illegal dumping is disposal of waste in an unpermitted area. It can have negative effects on public health and safety, property values, and quality of life in the surrounding community. Customized illegal dumping prevention programs are the most effective form of prevention. This website provides general information about illegal dumping guidance for developing prevention programs, increasing environmental education in the community, and also provides helpful links to civic organizations.
View links and publications on the prevention of illegal dumping by topic.
- Civic Organizations
- Outreach/ Environmental Education
- Program Development
- State Programs
- Recursos Espaņoles
Civic Organizations
All links in this section exit EPA. 
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities. This website provides how to get involved, a Media Center, and tools and resources.
Arizona
Keep Arizona Clean and Beautiful
Keep Arizona Clean and Beautiful- A nonprofit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining, and enhancing the beauty and environmental quality of Arizona through research, education and the Arizona Affiliate Network.
California
Keep California Beautiful
Keep California Beautiful
Ignites individual, community and corporate responsibility and pride through active resource conservation and waste minimization to enhance California's beauty for generations to come.
New Mexico
New Mexico Clean & Beautiful
As a statewide program and state affiliate with Keep America Beautiful, Inc., New Mexico Clean & Beautiful is the state's leader in litter control and beautification. The program's main objective is to invest in local governments by annually awarding grants to local programs that undertake litter control through elimination, education, beautification, recycling, and graffiti and weed eradication.
Keep New Mexico Beautiful
Keep New Mexico Beautiful's vision is to be the statewide clearinghouse for sustainable beautification efforts, through education, assistance, programs and recognition.
Texas
Keep Texas Beautiful
Keep Texas Beautiful
Educates and engages Texans to take responsibility for improving their community environment.
Keep Laredo Beautiful
Keep Laredo Beautiful is a nonprofit community improvement and educational organization. Its mission is to engage the Laredo community, through partnerships between government, civic groups, businesses, and volunteers and to create a cleaner and more beautiful Laredo.
Outreach / Environmental Education
Tips for Preventing Litter in Your Community (PDF) (2 pp, 347K, About PDF)
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Environmental Education - Clean Sweep U.S.A.
Clean Sweep U.S.A. - A "Keep America Beautiful" Community
Have children learn about trash, litter and beautification through fun comics.
Program Development
Illegal Dumping Prevention Guidebook (PDF) (33 pp, 1.2M, About PDF)
US EPA
Illegal Dumping Economic Assessment - Cost Estimating Model Version 1.2 (PDF) (53 pp, 1.6M)
US EPA
How to Establish and Operate an Illegal Dumping Prevention and Clean Up Program (PDF) (114 pp, 961K)
New Mexico Environment Department
Prevent Illegal Dumping: A Guide for Local Governments
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. A guide to help local officials and local governments in Texas address common issues related to waste and illegal dumping.
Toolbox for Community Change
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
State Programs
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Arizona
Arizona Department Environmental Quality
Quality Illegal Dumping Prevention Program
Factsheet: How to Stop Illegal Dumping in Graham County (PDF)(4 pp, 3.8M, About PDF)
California
California Integrated Waste Management Board
California Local Enforcement Agency Central Illegal Dumping Webpage
Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Disposal Sites Program
he purpose of the California Integrated Waste Management Board's Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned (CIA) Disposal Sites Program is to assist local enforcement agencies in investigating and enforcing State minimum standards at CIA sites in California.
New Mexico
New Mexico Environment Department Border Program
How to Establish and Operate an Illegal Dumping Prevention and Clean Up Program (PDF) (114 pp, 961K)
New Mexico Final Signed Version of SB 142, the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act (PDF) (28 pp, 84K)
Texas
Battling Illegal Dumping
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Provides resources to help battle illegal dumping.
Don't Mess with Texas - Real Texans Don't Litter
Texas Department of Transportation. Don't Mess with Texas is on a mission to keep litter off Texas roads.
Recursos Espaņoles
Don't mess with Texas, Real Texans Don't Litter
Texas Department of Transportation. Don't Mess with Texas is on a mission to keep litter off Texas roads.
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