Press Releases

(February 17, 2021) Since its inception in 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its affiliates and partners have properly disposed of over one-million scrap tires. The tires were collected from Pennsylvania’s roads, waterways, parks, trails and remote areas during locally coordinated cleanups or collected at one-day recycling events

(February 11, 2021) In early 2020, many municipal trash haulers suspended recycling programs and large or bulky item pick-up citing worker safety and other limitations due to novel coronavirus (Covid 19). Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful affiliates and its partners also postponed spring and summer special collections to ensure

(January 26, 2021) Each year, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a statewide nonprofit whose vision is a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania, provides an opportunity for their affiliates to recognize the outstanding efforts of local volunteers whose dedication, commitment and exceptional contributions helped keep local programs alive during the unprecedented

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

(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

(December 17, 2020) Cameras installed through the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Illegal Dump Free PA surveillance camera loan program recently captured a couple illegally dumping a couch in Michaux State Forest in Franklin County. They were cited for illegal dumping and were each ordered to pay a $150

(December 8, 2020) Darby Creek Valley Association (DCVA), with the help of Darby Borough, the Philadelphia Water Department and the DCVA’s strong base of local volunteers teamed up to tackle a long standing illegal dump located along Cobbs Creek’s western bank. The trash, presumably put there by

(December 1, 2020) Beltzville State Park is one of the many state parks across Pennsylvania to experience an uptick in visitors this year. With most other forms of entertainment shut down due to the pandemic, outdoor recreation soared and so did the amount of litter left behind.

~ New grant funding will aid additional parks ~ (November 17, 2020) Armed with a $10,000 Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) grant, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB) collaborated with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) in 2019 to reduce the number of

(November 12, 2020) America Recycles Day (ARD), a program of Keep America Beautiful, is held on and around November 15 to educate and encourage individuals to be more mindful of what they consume, where and how to properly recycle and to pledge to recycle more and recycle