Press Releases

(January 16, 2018) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is encouraging colleges and universities in Pennsylvania to participate in the RecycleMania competition. Sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus

(January 11, 2018) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced today that Mahantango Enterprises, Inc. has pledged support for the 2018 Great American Cleanup of PA, a statewide community improvement initiative that runs from March 1 through May 31. Events registered with the initiative receive free cleanup supplies of

(January 4, 2018) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announces the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the Board of Directors are Jennifer Fetter, Doreen Harr, April Kopas, Patti Olenick and Jerome Shabazz. “All five of our newest Board members bring a combination of

(December 21, 2017) – During the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup, held from September through October, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful worked with local groups and organizations to mobilize nearly 14,000 volunteers from 35 counties across Pennsylvania. Organized groups, civic organizations, family and friend canvassed their communities to remove 861,655

(December 13, 2017) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has announced the results of the 2017 Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA that runs annually from March 1 through May 31. During this event, the organization garnered $13 million in in-kind donations and support – money saved

(November 30, 2017) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful invites local residents, organizations, civic groups, and businesses to commit to litter free communities by joining their statewide adoption program. The program is an option for most types of local areas, such as municipal roads, communities, parks, neighborhood blocks, greenways,

(November 17, 2017) – This week, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful celebrated America Recycles Day by hosting a regional Waste and Recycling Roundtable in Meadville, Crawford County for recycling coordinators, Keep America Beautiful Affiliates and other professionals. Discussion focused on topics related to universal access to convenient and affordable

(November 9, 2017) – Each year, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful in partnership with The Home Depot and a paint retailer, awards eight community groups with paint and painting supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need into something beautiful.This year, partners in the City of Shamokin

(November 1, 2017) –America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful initiative, which takes place annually on and around Nov. 15, recognizes the benefits of recycling while providing an educational platform that helps raise awareness about the value of reducing, reusing and recycling – every day – throughout

(October 24, 2017) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful today provided testimony to the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee at a public hearing concerning Senate Bill 800 Waste Electronic Equipment Recovery Act, which seeks to update the Covered Device Recycling Act, urging members to take action to