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Lake County, Fla., Launches Litter Reporter App as Part of 'Keep America Beautiful' Push

The app can be accessed on mobile devices and desktop computers. It allows users to submit problems in a particular area and attach corresponding photos.

(TNS) -- As part of Lake County, Fla.'s new Keep America Beautiful push, its Geographic Information Systems Division has developed a new mobile application to allow residents to report litter on a Web map to make for easy monitoring.

The Litter Reporter can be accessed on mobile devices and desktop computers. It allows users to submit problems in a particular area and attach corresponding photos. Others can "like" litter areas that have already been reported to increase the priority for action.

Lake became an affiliate of Keep Lake Beautiful, known across the U.S. for its focus on building and maintaining vibrant communities, in May amid a push to clean up shabby areas in the county. Problem areas will be monitored and cleanup efforts and community events will be proposed. Sites that are cleaned up will be removed from the map so that only current areas of concern are listed on the map.

"The long-term goal of Keep Lake Beautiful is reinforce the mindset that residents can keep their community clean by taking litter with them and disposing of it in proper receptacles," County Commissioner Leslie Campione said in a statement. "However, when residents do see litter along our roads, this app will let them easily report it to us so that we may quickly take action. Giving reporting capabilities directly to the citizens adds to a sense of ownership and pride in the community."

The group's mission is to "beautify Lake County by engaging our community." About 130 volunteers in September collected nearly 6 tons of litter and debris during the first Keep Lake Beautiful cleanup in Groveland, Leesburg and Sorrento.

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