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PA Environment Digest – Armed with a $10,000 Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program grant, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful collaborated with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in 2019 to reduce the number of cigarette butts carelessly left behind in four state parks: Benjamin Rush, Nockamixon,

Trib Live – Area residents soon will be able to learn more about Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling’s programs by watching videos on the organization’s website. Filming is set for this week at the Westmoreland Cleanways headquarters near Pleasant Unity to produce online videos about the recycling process

Latrobe Bulletin – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB), with support provided by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, recently provided grants to five affiliates to increase awareness about proper waste disposal and recycling and convenient recycling services available in their county. Among the recipients was Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling,

The Bradford Era – HARRISBURG — PA CleanWays of Elk County has been provided a grant for recycling education. America Recycles Day, a program of Keep America Beautiful, is held on and around November 15 to educate and encourage individuals to be more mindful of what they

PA Environment Digest Blog – There are still two weeks left to participate in the annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Pick Up Pennsylvania statewide initiative that supports the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup!  The cleanup program runs through the end of November.  Register a cleanup of your favorite

Trib Live – Pat O’Neill didn’t even know how long he had old paint cans and other hazardous materials stored in his garage, but he was glad to finally dispose of those items Saturday morning.  “I just wanted to get rid of this stuff properly, get it

PA Environment Digest – Many of the costs associated with cleaning up litter falls to the local municipality. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Adoption Program helps mitigate those costs by providing residents the tools and resources needed to be stewards of their communities. The program is available statewide for municipal

Daily Local News – Groups collaborate on fruit tree planting at Hancock School You probably wouldn’t want to do much planting in the pouring rain, but for nonprofit Fruit Tree Planting Foundation it’s all in a day’s work. Equipped with apple trees, pear trees, peach trees, plum trees,

The Times Herald -NORRISTOWN  — You probably wouldn’t want to do much planting in the pouring rain, but for nonprofit Fruit Tree Planting Foundation it’s all in a day’s work. Equipped with apple trees, pear trees, peach trees, plum trees, even a paw paw tree — a tropical

Trib Live – Due to overwhelming response, Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling Center announced this week it would hold two household hazardous waste collections this fall. In addition to the Oct. 24 collection, a second collection was added for Nov. 21. Ellen Keefe, executive director of the nonprofit