The Problem
What does it take to minimize visual pollution and Who’s doing what around Lafayette Parish?
Minimizing Visual Pollution requires a two pronged approach: Preventing New and Mitigating Existing. Expand each section below to learn more about who does what in Lafayette Parish to help minimize visual pollution.
Preventing new visual pollution
Education and Awareness
Education and Awareness to change behaviors, one outreach target at a time.
K-12 and youth outreach offered by
- Lafayette Consolidated Government – Environmental Education
- Keep Lafayette Beautiful, Grades K-5
- Litter Less Campaign, Ages 6-16
- Learning to Give: Beautification Service Project Ideas for the whole family!
General population outreach campaign Parish Proud raises awareness
Capital/Infrastructure Upgrades
Capital/Infrastructure Upgrades to make it easier for individuals to practice better behaviors, one choice at a time.
Trash can infrastructure – quantity, quality and placement
Cigarette disposal infrastructure – quantity, quality and placement of disposal infrastructure is supported by Keep Lafayette Beautiful’s programming
Mitigating existing visual pollution
Removing existing visual pollution
Removing existing visual pollution
- Signage Sweeps with ScenicLafayette
- Major Litter Pickups with Parish Proud
- Embrace a Space with Lafayette Consolidated Government
- Trash Bash with Lafayette Consolidated Government
- Compete in the 50-yard challenge with Raising Men Lawn Care Service
Enforcing existing law
Report a litterer
Call 888.LITRBUG (888.548.7284), LDWF’s anti-litter hotline, to report any potential littering violations including dumpsites and littering in public.