Keep Cuero Beautiful advised DeWitt County Commissioners that the county is littered but doing better than last year during the court’s regular meeting March 23.
KCB President Sara Meyer told the court that the organization found the county to be somewhere between slightly littered and littered during the group’s February 2026 inspection.
“The overall score for the entire community this year is 2.5, which is better than in 2025,” Meyer said.
There are four possible assessments available, Meyer said. A score of 1 means no litter, 2 is slightly littered by less than 10 pieces, 3 is 10 to 20 pieces of litter and 4 is extremely littered with more than 20.
“The edges of town along major thoroughfares coming into town need greater attention — Hwy. 72, FM 1447, FM 766, Hwy. 183 N & S and Hwy 87S. The City of Cuero continues its work to eliminate the blight in several of our residential areas.”
Meyer said that the county government’s campuses and commission yards scored a 1.
“KCB commends De-Witt County for its diligence in keeping its properties clean, particularly since much of the litter blows onto the properties from the highway or retail businesses adjacent to the properties,” Meyer said. “We appreciate the attention of your staff helping to make Cuero a cleaner, greener community.”
The group inspected commercial and retail properties along the highways, schools, city and county government properties, medical locations and neighborhoods.
“These areas were broad and while parts were well-kept, we had to factor in the areas that were not only littered but creating litter for their neighbors,” Meyer said.
KCB, which is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, uses that group’s guidelines for its inspections. Litter is defined as plastic bottles, aluminum cans, plastic bags, cigarette butts, paper, candy wrappers, Styrofoam containers and cardboard boxes.
