City launches ‘Keep Maricopa Beautiful’ campaign after trash complaints

by Katie Sawyer| Maricopa Monitor

Trash overflows from a receptacle in November near Dollar Tree and Ross in Maricopa. Courtesy of Ellie Whitaker

A new “Keep Maricopa Beautiful” campaign was launched by city officials this month in an effort to help combat trash and dumping within the city while also providing new opportunities for volunteers.

The program was started, in part, to put a stop to common litter areas outside local businesses.

“We started noticing that there was an overflow of trash happening in some of our business areas and we’re like, ‘We’re Maricopa, we’re beautiful, and we should do everything in our part to maintain it that way,’” said organizer Judy Ramos, neighborhood services manager for the city of Maricopa.

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