Monthly archive for December 2020

Trib Live – A Hempfield baseball team is hosting a Christmas tree recycling program this holiday season. Members of the 13U Hempfield Spartans Metro Baseball team will head out into the community between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday and again on Jan. 9 to pick up trees

11 News WPXI.com – PITTSBURGH — While masks and other personal protective equipment are serving to keep us safe amid the pandemic, environmental experts are growing increasingly concerned about the risks those items pose to the environment. All too often, disposable masks and gloves are being littered on

Trib Live – Once Christmas is over, that tree in the living room goes from a way of remembering the holiday to “All right, how are we going to get rid of this thing?” If you live in Allegheny or Westmoreland counties, you don’t have to look

Penn Live Patriot News -Reports of illegal dumps across Pennsylvania increased by 212 percent in 2020, according to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. The statewide trash and litter prevention and cleanup organization speculated that the increase in dumping could be a result of temporary suspension of trash hauling, recycling services

Gettysburg Times – Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling reminds everyone to recycle their real Christmas trees. After the festivities are finished, give a gift to Mother Nature by taking your tree to one of the many drop-off sites located throughout Westmoreland County. Tree-cycling is truly giving a gift

PA Environment Digest Blog – 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

EINPRESSWIRE – Harrisburg – December 17, 2020 – Sen. Anthony H. Williams announced today that $315,530 in Coastal Zone Grants has been awarded to area projects from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and distributed across Pennsylvania through the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP). “I am

PA Environment Digest Blog – The Darby Creek Valley Association, with the help of Darby Borough, the Philadelphia Water Department and the DCVA’s strong base of local volunteers teamed up to tackle a long standing illegal dump located along Cobbs Creek in Delaware County.  The dump cleanup

Latrobe Bulletin – Loyalhanna Watershed Association will partner with Westmoreland Cleanways in the Christmas Tree-cycling program. Bring trees, with no decorations, tree bags, wires, etc., to the designated area at the Ligonier Country Market field, located at the intersection of West Main Street and Springer Road, Ligonier

Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Robert Habegger was the kind of character that you could only find in a novel. Or Pittsburgh. Disarming and sweet, “Snakeguy,” as he was known, could invariably be found wearing a big smile and a pet serpent at one of the many community