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PA Environment Digest Blog – June 7 is the last day for groups registered for the PA Great American Cleanup of PA to submit entries to the Video Contest. “This is a great opportunity to showcase your local programs and partnerships while showing just how much fun

Trib Live – Elliott Covolo, 8, spotted the first piece of litter that was collected out of the Allegheny River in Tarentum during a cleanup event Sunday. He grabbed a net and waited until the boat idled next to the object.  “I don’t know what it is,”

Trib Live -Cleanups of the Allegheny River shoreline in Harrison and Tarentum are scheduled for this weekend.  Allegheny CleanWays, a nonprofit environmental group fighting illegal dumping in Allegheny County, scheduled cleanups in Harrison on Saturday and in Tarentum on Sunday. Morning sessions will run from 10 a.m.

PA Environment Digest Blog -On May 21, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced it has received a a $10,000 grant from Keep America Beautiful to continue their work with the Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, the nation’s largest program aimed at reducing cigarette litter.This is the ninth

Trib Live – Cleaning up your community could prove to be lucrative. In conjunction with the Great American Cleanup of PA initiative, Pennsylvania Waste Industries is offering cash prizes. The group is holding a video contest for those registered. The video must creatively document their cleanup efforts.

Connect FM 96.7 –Pennsylvania – Want to clean up your neighborhood and possibly win a prize for it? Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful wants you to register for the Great American Cleanup of PA before May 31. They’ll give you free cleanup supplies, including bags, gloves, and vests. If you

PA Environment Digest Blog – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is calling for individuals and groups to register community improvement events with the Great American Cleanup of PA before the statewide initiative ends on May 31.  Registered events receive free cleanup supplies of bags, gloves and vests, while supplies

PA Environment Digest – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is calling for individuals and groups to register community improvement events with the Great American Cleanup of PA before the statewide initiative ends on May 31. Registered events receive free cleanup supplies of bags, gloves and vests, while supplies last. “There have been

PA Environment Digest Blog –Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has a statewide adoption program available for residents, local groups and businesses to become part of the solution to roadside litter.  The program is an option for most types of local areas, such as municipal roads, communities, parks, neighborhood blocks,

Next Pittsburgh – Welcome to the enchanted city of Pittsburgh, where grocery bags grow on trees and wild water bottles sprout from the hills. Springtime has wrought yet another spectacular bloom: the flaming reds of torn-open Cheetos bags, the metallic radiance of leftover beer cans, the yellow