PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION: 2026 Community Litter Index Completed

For the sixteenth consecutive year, UGA Marine Extension Service and Georgia Sea Grant staff partnered with Keep Golden Isles Beautiful to complete the Glynn County Community Litter Index.

A Keep America Beautiful litter measurement tool, the Index enables KAB affiliates to utilize trained scorers in assessing the visual impact litter has on their communities. The results allow affiliates to quickly and reliably assess the litter situation in their communities with the aim of achieving long-term sustainable results.

The Litter Index data helps determine the types of litter prevention and community improvement programs to implement locally. Glynn County’s Community Litter Index results are utilized by Keep Golden Isles Beautiful, Keep America Beautiful, Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Glynn County government and the City of Brunswick.

Pictured (L-R) UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s Erin Arneson Purvis, Lisa Gentit, Brooke Carney, Sydney Williams, Jessica Brown, Ashley Ohall; not pictured, Lea King-Badyna.