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40 new Austin street bins: how groups can adopt a street
Keep Austin Beautiful announced 40 new waste and recycling containers ahead of Clean Streets Day. Its ongoing Adopt-A-Street application is open to groups.
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Clean Lady Bird Lake returns September 26: how to volunteer
Keep Austin Beautiful’s next lake cleanup starts at 9 a.m. September 26. Here is how to choose a site, register and prepare safely.
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