Our state is our story! Since 1984, Keep Arizona Beautiful has collaborated with communities across the state to protect and preserve the natural beauty of our home. From city parks and playgrounds to desert trails and mountain streams, this work ensures Arizona stays a clean, vibrant and beautiful place to live.
Now a Local First Arizona initiative, Keep Arizona Beautiful continues its work fostering local pride, inspiring action and giving Arizonans the tools to make a lasting impact in their community.
No matter where you live — rural, Tribal, suburban or urban — Keep Arizona Beautiful is delivering resources to ensure a vital, resilient and sustainable future for all.
Buy a Plate, Clean Up the State
Did you know a license plate can help keep Arizona beautiful?
The newly designed Keep Arizona Beautiful license plate isn’t just a stylish way to display your love for Arizona — it helps fund programs reducing environmental impacts across the state.
That’s right, for every plate purchased, $17 of the annual $25 fee supports Local First’s community cleanups, recycling events and beautification projects throughout Arizona!
Get your Keep Arizona Beautiful specialty license plate TODAY at azmvdnow.gov, any MVD office or any authorized third party provider.
Keeping Arizona Beautiful
Local First’s dynamic Keep Arizona Beautiful Green Team is rolling up their sleeves and making a difference! Our passionate volunteers lead community cleanups, support waste diversion at events and provide recycling education to help Arizonans create a cleaner future
Are you ready to step up and do your part to ensure a clean and beautiful Arizona for generations to come? Sign up for our Keep Arizona Beautiful newsletter to stay in the loop on events, volunteer opportunities and more!
By the Numbers — Our Impact
83,643+ pounds
(41.8 tons)
of waste diverted from landfills since 2015.
5,587 pounds
(2.8 tons)
of litter removed from communities In 2024.
19,253 pounds
(9.6 tons)
of food rescued from grocery stores for local families.
Building Sustainable Communities
Keeping Arizona beautiful isn’t just about cleanups and recycling — it’s about creating real change and sustainable systems that benefit our environment, businesses and communities.
Helping Local Businesses Go Green — Through Local First’s Green Business Boot Camp, Arizona Green Business Certification and Green Local Fund, we’re helping locally owned businesses reduce their carbon footprint while improving their bottom line with reliable and affordable energy solutions.
Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture — We’re helping Arizona’s farmers do more with less water – by applying smart growing and irrigation practices — strategies that could shape climate-responsive farming worldwide.
Fighting Food Waste & Feeding Families — Our bi-monthly choice food pantry, in partnership with Waste Not Arizona and United Food Bank, rescued thousands of pounds of food — to serve 1,398 individuals across 406 households in 2024.
In Partnership With
KAZB Community Partnerships
Local First Arizona is an active strategic partner with communities and networks across the state, helping to organize and implement local initiatives that keep our state clean and beautiful.