Learn More about Our Focus Areas Now! Litter Cleanup and Prevention Community cleanups, Roadside cleanup - Adopt-A-Highway, Forestland Beautification ...and much more Community Enhancement & Beautification Roadside plantings, Streambank revitalization, Community gardens ...and much more Proper Waste Handling Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Pennsylvania’s rolling hills, vibrant cities, and historic cultures make our Commonwealth an exciting and enchanting place to live, work, and play.  Keeping these inherent attributes of Pennsylvania clean and beautiful takes the head, hands, and hearts of every Pennsylvania resident, company, and public official.

The problems of litter, illegal dumping, and general disorder are top quality of life and economic sustainability issues and for all Pennsylvania communities.  Effectively addressing these focus areas is the fist step a community must take to revitalize their business districts and neighborhoods.

Academic research, public surveys, and the experience of thousands of communities across the nation verify this premise.

• A recent study at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania found, among other things, that planting trees within 50 feet of houses increased real estate value by 10 percent and that sale prices of houses rose as much as 30 percent when the homes were located near vacant lots that had been "cleaned and greened."
• A public survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors ranked green space & gardens one of the top attributes that make a community an appealing place to live.
• Parks all across the nation report litter and general un-cleanliness is the biggest reason visitors give for not returning to a park.

Simply put we would all rather live, work, or visit near here…
Than here…

The KPB Alliance provides a variety of programs, tools, and resources that communities can use to address these important issues