lehighvalleylive.com – What’s the most commonly found piece of litter on the side of Pennsylvania highways? It’s not soda cans. It’s not scrap paper. It’s cigarette butts, according to the Pennsylvania Litter Research Study. The study was compiled earlier this year. The City of Easton is trying to
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Times Leader – Curb appeal. Those two words mean a lot to Visit Luzerne County and our efforts to attract visitors and to show, to our residents as well, that this is a great place to live, work, and play. Studies have shown that 70% of first-time
Read more →PA Environment Digest – Eight community projects have now been completed with the help of the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, BEHR Paint and The Home Depot Foundation 2019 Fresh Paint Days Program. This year’s program gave recipients 20 gallons of paint and painting supplies and community partners and volunteers then got to work transforming
Read more →Trib Live -Live Christmas trees can be recycled starting Thursday at several locations around Westmoreland County. Trees that are recycled will be chipped into mulch and spread at community parks, rather than taking up space at a landfill if they are thrown out with the trash, according
Read more →(December 19, 2019) – This fall, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, in partnership with BEHR and The Home Depot Foundation, awarded eight community groups with paint and painting supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful received applications from a wide variety of community
Read more →Chain Store Age – Giant Eagle is placing single-use plastics in its crosshairs. The regional supermarket retailer is launching a strategic sustainability platform focused on achieving environmental milestones related to plastics, waste, carbon emissions, sustainable products, and employee engagement. Giant Eagle is taking flight with the platform
Read more →PA Environment Digest Blog -Eight community projects have now been completed with the help of the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, BEHR Paint and The Home Depot Foundation 2019 Fresh Paint Days Program. This year’s program gave recipients 20 gallons of paint and painting supplies and community partners and
Read more →York Daily Record – Shannon Reiter understands litter because she’s been fighting it for the last 15 years. Reiter is the president of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, which is leading an effort to learn how communities across the state are combating litter and garbage challenges. In a survey of state residents, 96 percent
Read more →York Daily Record – Tyler Snelbaker and his wife, Kayla, chose their century-old home in the City of York, in part, because of the neighborhood’s charm and its proximity to green space. Farquhar Park and Kiwanis Lake are a short stroll from their Lincoln Street home. In
Read more →(December 5, 2019) – Whether intentionally put there or blown from trashcans, dumpsters, shopping carts or cars, every community has pockets of unsightly trash. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has a program for local residents, organizations, civic groups, and businesses to be part of the solution. Their statewide adoption
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