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Yahoo News – Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection was so popular in 2020 the agency has scheduled three this year, with the first slated April 17. Ellen Keefe, executive director of the nonprofit environmental organization, said the first collection will be 9 a.m. to

PA Environment Digest Blog – Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling and Westmoreland Conservation District’s West Nile Virus Program will host a scrap tire recycling event on April 10 from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. Scrap tires can cause pollution problems when the oils and chemicals and heavy metals they

PA Environment Digest Blog –  The Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling will host three Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events on April 17, June 26 and October 23. Household hazardous waste is any left-over liquid, powder, or solid material that is labeled “Toxic or Poisonous or Use Caution or

Trib Live – Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection was so popular in 2020 the agency has scheduled three this year, with the first slated April 17. Ellen Keefe, executive director of the nonprofit environmental organization, said the first collection will be 9 a.m. to

PA Environment Digest Blog -There are 10 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest that show the leadership of farmers, bipartisan members of Congress, a RiverKeeper, a media outlet, farmers, state agencies, a nonprofit group and company CEOs to restore, protect and put the spotlight on

PA Environment Digest Blog – The Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation recently received national Keep America Beautiful State Agency Partner Awards from Keep America Beautiful. The award recognizes state agency partners for their support of Keep America Beautiful state affiliates through partnership projects.

PublicSource – Microplastics were found in major waterways across Pennsylvania, according to a study released on March 3 by PennEnvironment. Researchers found microplastics, which are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in length, in all 300 water samples taken from 53 waterways in the state, including seven waterways

Berks – Mont –  Polymer fragments smaller than a grain of rice, called microplastics, have been found in water samples from 53 waterways in Pennsylvania including anglers’ beloved Tulpehocken Creek and Blue Marsh Lake, environmental advocates at PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center said in a new report. Collected from January

NorthcentralPA.com – Philadelphia, Pa. –  PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization, released the results of its study, “Microplastics in Pennsylvania: a Survey of Waterways,” on Wednesday, March 3. The group used NOAA methodology to test 53 waterways across the state, including the Susquehanna

Trib Live – Penn Hills’ “Litter Queen” doesn’t have political aspirations — she just so happens to treasure her community so much that she is willing to clean up after it. Faith Milazzo is a mother and a wife who has a full-time job in academia. She