Monthly archive for January 2020

Morrisons Cove Herald – Photo provided by Greg Wiliams 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 for their dedication, commitment and exceptional contributions to

PA Environment Digest Blog -Cameras made available through the Keep PA Beautiful Surveillance Camera Loan Program caught illegal dumping of electronics waste as it happened at a Recycling Center in Millersburg Borough, Dauphin County. The perpetrators were caught and cited for illegal dumping and were ordered to

Trib Live -Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling’s plan to relocate its recycling operations to a property near Pleasant Unity received the go-ahead Tuesday. After tabling the matter earlier in January, Unity Township supervisors approved a final site plan for the new recycling center, with a landscaping modification that

Bradford Era – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful affiliates, which are county and municipal based, collected a combined total of over 2,168,530 pounds of electronics, 21,018 tires, 6,011 appliances and 61,122 pounds of household hazardous waste from local residents in 2019, emphasizing the continued need for disposal options for

PA Environment Digest Blog –  On January 21, Keep PA Beautiful honored four volunteers nominated by local affiliates for their outstanding efforts, commitment and exceptional contributions to keep Pennsylvania beautiful.  The 2019 Volunteers of the Year are-   Kenneth Rice, Sr. working with Tri-County CleanWays (serving Butler, Lawrence

Trib Live – Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling has closed its Unity recycling center until it moves to a proposed new location in the township, near Pleasant Unity. In the meantime, local residents have other options for recycling items such as paper and appliances containing Freon, but there are

American Recycler News – The Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Transportation (PennDOT), in partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, announced an initiative to reduce littering and presented results of the first statewide litter study in over 20 years at a meeting attended by more than 125

PA Environment Digest Blog – On January 15, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced registration is now open for groups planning cleanups and beautification events during the Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative, supporting the nationwide Great American Cleanup. This annual event begins on March 1 and ends on May 31.

The Shippensburg News-Chronicle – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful affiliates, which are county and municipal based, collected a combined total of more than 2,168,530 pounds of electronics, 21,018 tires, 6,011 appliances and 61,122 pounds of household hazardous waste from local residents, emphasizing the continued need for disposal options for

Radio.com – CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — The official-looking orange road sign on Route 1 in Chester County says “Litter Crew Ahead.” But the crew consists of one woman on a mission.  Kelly McDowell and her husband were driving in Lancaster County several years ago when she