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A Greener District

City of Columbus Efforts

Get Green Columbus

• Dedicated to making Columbus a green community.
  Green Businesses - Green Neighborhoods - Leading by Example
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Keep Columbus Beautiful

• Promotes litter prevention, neighborhood cleanups, beautification efforts, graffiti abatement, voluntary recycling, and community pride for the City of Columbus.
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Recycle Columbus

• An overview of the city's current recycling programs.
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OSU Efforts

CampUShed

• CampUShed is a unique collaboration between students, faculty, and staff from the academic sector, and members of the professional and service sectors on and around Ohio State University to introduce the best scientifically-based environmental solutions to life on campus whenever practicable.
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The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park

• Designed to provide teaching, research, and service related to wetland and river science and ecological engineering.
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Private Efforts

Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed

• FLOW is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the extensive recreational, cultural, historic, and environmental resources of the Lower Olentangy Watershed, and to promoting responsible policies and uses of the river.
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Other Efforts

Keep Franklin County Beautiful

• Soon to be the Central Ohio Sustainability Alliance (COSA)
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KFCB Waste Not Center

• The Center receives donations from businesses of supplies that would otherwise be discarded and makes them available to teachers, artists and others for various types of projects.
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The Columbus Green Building Forum

• Dedicated to promoting energy-efficient and environment-friendly building practices in Central Ohio.
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SWACO

• Solid Wastle Authority of Central, Ohio
  Coordinates Central Ohio's Recycling Efforts
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Rumpke

• Curbside Recycling in Columbus
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