Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has announced that registration is open for the 2021 Pick Up Pennsylvania, a community improvement initiative. This annual event, begining on March 1 and ending on May 31, offers registered participants free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Pennsylvania
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PA Environment Digest Blog – While littering and illegal dumping are often discussed as social or environmental problems, rarely do we think about their economic impact– but the cost of litter is very real. Over five years, 2014 through 2018, the Department of Transportation spent over $65
Read more →(January 14, 2021) While littering and illegal dumping are often discussed as social or environmental problems, rarely do we think about their economic impact. Over five years, 2014 through 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) spent over $65 million removing litter from within highway rights-of-way. The
Read more →Trib Live -We live in a very garbage-heavy world. People throw away everything and do it without thinking much about it. Paper plates and plastic straws and the boxes and bags that package them. The jars and cans that hold food. Baby diapers and cardboard and banana
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