Press Releases

(September 5, 2019) – Registration is open for the 2019 Pick Up Pennsylvania, a fall cleanup program supporting the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful invites individulas, families, friends, civic organizations and businesses to coordinate a cleanup or join an existing cleanup to remove litter

(August 27, 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s local affiliates Keep Cambria County Beautiful, PA CleanWays of McKean County and Keep Washington County Beautiful held tire collections this spring, sponsored in part by the Department of Environmental Protection’s HHW/Small Business Hazardous Waste Collection Program. PA CleanWays of Cumberland

(August 14, 2019) – Litter reduces property values, is costly to the economy and leads to contamination of our land and water. Litter has a direct effect on how we, and others, feel about where we live, work and play. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful provides the Litter Free

(August 7, 2019) – A significant portion of waterway pollution originates on land. When it rains, trash on sidewalks and streets accumulates and is swept into storm drains. Most storm drain systems discharge directly into the nearest creek or river, eventually flowing to the ocean taking all

(July 23, 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced today the eight grant recipients of their 2019 Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania Program.  Designed to provide community groups with paint and painting supplies, the program enables these groups to renew a community structure in need into something beautiful through

(July 17, 2019) -Litter or trash along Pennsylvania’s roadways is not only unsightly, it can also be dangerous. Since 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has offered a program for local residents, organizations, civic groups, and businesses to be part of the solution. Their statewide adoption program is an

(July 8, 2019) – Columbia Gas continues its partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful by supporting the local affiliate, Tri-County CleanWays, and the Lower East Side Community Garden in New Castle, Lawrence County. On June 26, community volunteers and Columbia Gas employees volunteered their time, skills and equipment

(June 27, 2019) – The winning entry of the annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA video contest was submitted by Chambersburg Career Magnet School Environmental Club in Franklin County. The school will receive a $200 cash prize for their video of a cleanup project

(June 18, 2019) – Voting for the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA video contest has begun. Entries are posted on the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Facebook page. The entry with the most likes wins a cash prize of $200. Two runners up will receive $100

(June 10. 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is accepting applications through June 28 for the 2019 Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania, a program designed to provide community groups with paint and painting supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need into something beautiful through the application of