Press Releases

(March 28, 2019) – Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful with a Diamond State Affiliate Recognition Award at Keep America Beautiful’s National Awards Ceremony, which took place during its recent National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The President’s Circle Award

[March 25, 2019] – The PA Department of Environmental Protection and PA Department of Transportation were two of 12 Keep America Beautiful State Agency Partner Award recipients, presented at the annual Keep America Beautiful National Awards Ceremony, which recently took place during Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference

(March 13, 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its local affiliates and partners held community improvement events in 2018 resulting in over 7.2 million pounds of trash, 2.3 million pounds of electronics waste and 43,352 tires recycled or properly disposed. The events engaged 129,632 volunteers.The mission of

(March 8, 2019) – The Great American Cleanup of PA is officially underway. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a statewide nonprofit that provides resources to neighborhoods for community improvement projects, is encouraging anyone who is planning a local event, large or small, to register with the Great American Cleanup

(February 21, 2019) – Although we have not seen many signs of spring, you probably have caught glimpses of the trash lining our roads, neighborhoods and waterways. It’s never too early to start planning a sprig cleanup of the places you care about. The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful

(February 5, 2019) – With a grant awarded to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful from Keep America Beautiful and Anheuser Busch, the nonprofit offered twenty mini-grants of up to $500 each to groups throughout Pennsylvania for volunteer initiatives ranging from river cleanups to invasive species removal, all designed to

(January 30, 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s (KPB) affiliate network offers annual special collections to seek to eliminate illegal dumping and littering of tires and other hard to dispose items in local communities across Pennsylvania.  KPB affiliates, which are county and municipal based, collected a combined total

(January 22, 2019) – Each year, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a statewide nonprofit whose vision is a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania, provides an opportunity to recognize the outstanding efforts of local volunteers for their dedication, commitment and exceptional contributions to keeping Pennsylvania beautiful. Read Entire Press Release

(January 17, 2019) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has announced that registration for the 2019 Great American Cleanup of PA is open. This annual event begins on March 1st and ends on May 31st. During this period, registered events can get free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests

(January 10, 2019) – During the 2018 International Coastal Cleanup, held from September through October, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful worked with local groups and organizations to mobilize 13,297 volunteers who coordinated 577 events across Pennsylvania. Organized groups, civic organizations, family and friends canvassed their communities to remove 523,855