Monthly archive for May 2020

Pocono Record -A pair of Monroe Career and Technical Institute students took the top prize for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s 2019-20 Innovations Challenge with an app and website that help motivate litter cleanup. The statewide competition challenges students from grades nine through 12 to utilize problem-solving

EIN PressWire –Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that a team of students from the Monroe Career and Technical Institute in PennDOT’s Allentown-based Engineering District 5 has been selected as the statewide winner for the 2019-2020 Innovations Challenge. PennDOT

PA Environment Digest Blog –Keep PA Beautiful has a variety of litter cleanup tools and resources available to help groups and communities deal with litter and illegal dumping. We have all been told that fresh air and sunshine can help improve your mood, lower blood pressure and

Newville Valley Times Star – As Pennsylvania counties move forward with plans to reopen parts of their economies and more people go outdoors and seek recreation in public spaces, including parks and trails, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful issued an urgent reminder to residents of Pennsylvania to properly dispose

GANT News -All-female team from Reach Cyber Charter School to receive scholarships for their litter control innovationAn all-female team of high school students from Reach Cyber Charter School have been awarded third place in the state championship of the 2019-20 PennDOT Innovations Challenge. The team is comprised of

Trib Live -Recycling of old tires is more important than ever now that warm weather has arrived. The rubber rings could become filled with water and serve as a breeding area for disease-carrying mosquitoes. That’s why the Westmoreland Conservation District, which monitors mosquitoes for West Nile Virus

PA Environment Digest Blog – As Pennsylvania counties move forward with plans to reopen parts of their economies and more people go outdoors and seek recreation in public spaces this Memorial Day weekend, including parks and trails, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful issued an urgent reminder to residents of

New Castle News -Lawrence County and the City of New Castle have joined forces in the fight against illegal dumping. “Dumping has been a long-standing problem for most municipalities across Pennsylvania,” said Jerry Zona, director of recycling and solid waste for Lawrence County. Last year, code enforcement supervisor