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(April 8, 2021) Pick Up Pennsylvania is in full swing. The commuity improvement initiative opened to the public on March 1 and will continue through May 31. This annual initiative offers registered participants free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Pennsylvania Department

(March 31, 2021) Schools can keep their school grounds litter free with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Litter Free School Zone. The program encourages hands-on activities to teach environmental stewardship and responsibility and can be incorporated into Earth Day celebrations and lesson plans. The Litter Free School Zone advocates

(March 18, 2021) Pick Up Pennsylvania is in full swing. The commuity improvement initiative opened to the public on March 1 and will continue through May 31. This annual initiative offers registered participants free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Pennsylvania Department

PA Department of Environmental Protection and PA Department of Transportation Receive Keep America Beautiful Partnership Award (March 11, 2021) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) were two of 14 Keep America Beautiful State Agency Partner Award recipients recognized by Keep

(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