Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is an environmental organization representing 569 certified affiliates, which includes 22 states, 234 counties, and over 300 cities across the United States.

KAB's Vision Statement:

Keep America Beautiful envisions a world where quality of life is preserved and enhanced through community actions that are inspired and led by its system and network. The recognized leader in changing attitudes and behaviors about issues affecting community environments, Keep America Beautiful will be relied upon to help communities achieve measurable results in the process of creating clean, beautiful, safe, healthy, sustainable and economically-sound places to live, work and enjoy.

Through diverse partnerships representing government, business and citizen volunteers, Keep America Beautiful will continue to address litter prevention, waste reduction and beautification as the "threshold" quality of life issues in any vibrant community, affecting lands, waterways, roads, open spaces and urban places. Affirming its legacy and the power of education and individual action, Keep America Beautiful envisions the ultimate emergence of a sense of personal stewardship in future generations that will enhance our quality of life, keeping America and the world beautiful.

The American Iron and Steel Institute, through its business unit the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), continues to be a proud member of KAB and Bill Heenan, President of SRI, currently sits on the Board of Directors of KAB.

QUICK LINKS

Steel Recycling Institute

North American
Steel-The Environmentally Preferred Material brochure

The Inherent Recycled Content of Today’s Steel

Steel Recycling Fact Sheet

AISI Public Policy Agenda