Share Trash Free Texas with Volunteers and Stakeholders in Your Community

Trash Free Texas partners create an online community where we can educate volunteers and the public to encourage positive environmental change. Our partners are encouraged to follow and interact with our social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Sharing these posts gets the word out about our efforts and motivates others to get involved!

Not a Trash Free Texas partner? No problem! Becoming a Trash Free Texas Partner is easy and costs you nothing. Click on the Partner Up button below to fill out our Partner Form. You are encouraged to upload your organization’s logo to the form so we can showcase your organization on this Partner page.

Partners help to strengthen Trash Free Texas by providing feedback, updates, and helping to spread the word through their networks and community. Partners also receive access to promotional materials and resources for clean-up events.

Coordinators submit sites to the Adopt-A-Spot Map and agree to be the contact person for volunteers who want to help keep Texas trash-free! Submitting sites allows potential volunteers to see the needs in their area so they can participate in clean-up events in their community.

PARTNER RESOURCES

This Partner Resources section is a consolidation of various resources that will help you share your partnership with your stakeholders. This section can also help you encourage volunteers to find litter cleanup sites on the Adopt-A-Spot Map and connect with you (if you would like to add your organization’s sites to the map, click here).

*Please be aware that the drop-down menus below will automatically collapse after a selection is made.

OUTREACH MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Many great resources are included below for you to use as a partner of Trash Free Texas, such as the Trash Free Texas logo, ready-to-use graphics and social media posts, a 30-second video, and a brochure, just to name a few. You can access these resources by clicking on the names of the items below.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND GRAPHICS

Proud Partner Graphics
Proudly display your partnership with Trash Free Texas on your websites or outreach materials with the Proud Partner Graphics.
•Trash Free Texas Proud Partner Banner
•Trash Free Texas Proud Partner Facebook

Adopt Our Spots Graphics
These graphics are a great way to let volunteers know that your organization’s litter cleanup litter cleanup sites can be found on the Trash Free Texas Adopt-A-Spot Map.
•Trash Free Texas Adopt Our Spots Banner
•Trash Free Texas Adopt Our Spots Graphics for Facebook
•Trash Free Texas Adopt Our Spots Graphics for Instagram
•Trash Free Texas Adopt Our Spots Graphics for Twitter

Social Media Templates
Two already-made social media templates are available for each of these platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. One template shows the text, “Be a Part of the Solution” and the other template shows the text “Volunteer.” Post them to your social media accounts today! Please tag @TrashFreeTexas on Facebook and Twitter or "trashfreetexas" on Instagram when you send your Trash Free Texas social media out. We'd love to see your posts! And don't forget to follow Trash Free Texas on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and share our posts as well.
•Be a Part of the Solution Facebook Social Media Template
•Volunteer Facebook Social Media Template
•Be a Part of the Solution Instagram Social Media Template
•Volunteer Instagram Social Media Template
•Be a Part of the Solution Twitter Social Media Template
•Volunteer Instagram Social Media Template

HANDOUTS

Trash Free Texas Brochure
This brochure helps explain the Trash Free Texas website and how it works.
•Trash Free Texas Brochure

TRASH FREE TEXAS LOGO

Use the Trash Free Texas logo as a graphic when you link the Trash Free Texas website to your organization’s webpage. Or, you can simply add the graphic to your website or outreach materials.
•Trash Free Texas Logo

TRASH FREE TEXAS VIDEO

Feel free to share this video at presentations, events, or on social media.
•30-Second Trash Free Texas Video

TRASH FREE TEXAS POWERPOINT TEMPLATE

Use this template in your presentations about Trash Free Texas or Trash Free Texas inspired events or activities.
•Trash Free Texas PowerPoint Template

HELPFUL WEBSITES

This section includes information about the contents of the Trash Free Texas website as well as links to the activities of the joint Trash Free Waters grant project, a partnership of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Houston-Galveston Area Council, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.
TRASH FREE TEXAS WEBSITE

The Trash Free Texas website (www.trashfreetexas.org) not only hosts the Trash Free Texas Adopt-A-Spot Map, which connects litter cleanup volunteers to litter cleanup locations and coordinators, but it also includes other resources, such as:
•Frequently Asked Questions for Adopt-a-Spot site coordinators and volunteers: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/frequently-asked-questions
•New Adopt-A-Spot Resources on Trash Free Texas! All resources below can be found here: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/adoptaspot-resources
>Community Cleanup Challenge Toolkit, which includes information on how to hold a litter cleanup event, and how competitions with other groups, including neighboring communities, can enhance your litter cleanup events: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/community-cleanup-challenge-toolkit
>Local Government Trash Reduction and Educational Toolkit, which includes a compilation of information on litter reduction, including but not limited to: videos, social media templates, outreach materials, potential funding sources for litter cleanup, past webinar recordings, and resources for litter enforcement: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/lgtr-toolkit
>Coming Soon! Recreational Toolkit, which will include resources and templates to help local governments, nonprofits, and recreational groups work together to promote recreational litter cleanup activities.
•Links to other volunteer opportunities, organizations, events, and campaigns: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/other-volunteer-oppotunities
•Litter cleanup videos, educational links, infographics, and more: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/resources
•Calendar of litter-related events around the State of Texas: https://www.trashfreetexas.org/resources
•Contact Email for Questions about Trash Free Texas: contact@TrashFreeTexas.org

TEXAS LITTER DATABASE


The Trash Litter Database (www.txlitter.org) was created by Keep Texas Beautiful, the Houston Advanced Research Center, and Black Cat GIS, and funded by the Garver Black Hilyard Famiy Foundation. It organizes and stores trash and marine debris data collected in Texas in a central location and can be accessed through any smart device or computer. Most importantly, the database can be used by everyone: litter cleanup volunteers, cleanup site coordinators, researchers, or any other user, to either input trash collection data or view and download trash collection data. All litter cleanup volunteers and cleanup organizers in Texas are encouraged to enter their data in the database. The Texas Litter Database can also be accessed from the Trash Free Texas Adopt-A-Spot Map through a link in the bottom right-hand corner.

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS’ (NCTCOG) TRASH FREE WATERS PROJECT WEBSITE

On NCTCOG’s Trash Free Waters Project website ( https://www.nctcog.org/trashfreewaters), you can find information about upcoming project meetings, webinars, or events regarding NCTCOG’s Trash Free Waters Project with its partners, the Houston-Galveston Area Council and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Upcoming events include webinars, advisory group meetings, and the Mayor’s Challenge, which is coming in the spring of 2022 and 2023. The Mayor’s Challenge is a friendly competition between Texas communities to see which one can collect the most litter. Encourage volunteers in your community to participate by directing them to your Adopt-a-Spot sites on the Trash Free Texas Adopt-A-Spot Map.
Subscribe to NCTCOG’s Trash Free Waters: North Central Texas Newsletter here.

HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL’S (H-GAC) TRASH FREE TEXAS PROJECT WEBSITE

On H-GAC’s Trash Free Texas website ( https://www.h-gac.com/trash-free-texas), you will find details about upcoming webinars, meetings, and events related to the Trash Free Waters project in the Houston-Galveston region.
Subscribe to H-GAC’s Trash Free Texas Newsletter here.

 

*Note: You can reach out to the Trash Free Texas Team at contact@TrashFreeTexas.org if you have any questions or suggestions about any of the materials in the Partner Packet. Also, if you are using any of these materials, please contact us and let us know. We would love to hear how these materials are being used and keep track for our records!

The North Central Texas Council of Governments received funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to develop this toolkit, which was completed through a partnership with the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Texas State University.