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• Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Alliance Members
• State Agencies
• Keep America Beautiful
• Other Agencies & Resources
• Browse and download lessons
from past Earth Days
• Fast trash facts
• Litterbug Information
• Cleaning
Up Your Neighborhood Resource Guide
Keep Pennsylvania
Beautiful Alliance Members
• PA
CleanWays
How to take action against illegal dumping including how to
safely organize and conduct a cleanup
• Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society
Comprehensive resource to improve the quality of life
and sense of community through horticulture
• Pennsylvania
Resources Council (PRC)
Focus and educational resources on litter and visual blight
prevention, watershed awareness, waste reduction and recycling
and composting
• Professional
Recycling Officials of Pennsylvania (PROP)
Information on promoting and enhancing the interests of
proper waste handling; the three R’s – Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle; and composting programs in Pennsylvania.
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State
Agencies
• PA
Department of Environmental Protection
Comprehensive information on waste disposal, recycling,
composting, illegal dumping and litter prevention. The PA
DEP has a central office in Harrisburg and six regional offices
across the Commonwealth to serve Pennsylvania residents and
local communities. To find out more about PA DEP’s efforts
to control litter and illegal dumping, contact Patti Olenick
717-787-7382.
• PA
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Information on managing and protecting Pennsylvania public
lands including State Parks, Forests. Contact Brook Lenker,
Community Relations Coordinator (717) 772-9101, to find out
more about DCNR programs on litter, dumping, & beautification
• PA
Department of Transportation (PennDot)
Resources and links to PENNDOT’s litter control
and beautification programs including how to become an Adopt-A-Highway
participant. Dick Ebeling is PENNDOT’s Highway Beautification
Manager and can be reached at 717-705-1552.
• Department
of Community & Economic Development, Center for Community
Development
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Keep America Beautiful
• Keep
America Beautiful (KAB)
Nationwide source of information on effective ways of
litter prevention, community beautification, and proper solid
waste handling
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Other Agencies &
Resources
• Audubon
Pennsylvania
• Audubon
Pennsylvania's Important Bird Area Program
• Audubon
at Home
• Pennsylvania
Organization for Watersheds and Rivers
Helps interested individuals and groups form watershed associations
to help improve and protect their local water resources.
• Pennsylvania
Parks & Forest Foundation
Hhas information and assistance on forming “Friends of
the Park Groups” for Pennsylvania State Parks.
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Browse and download
lessons from past Earth Days
• Earth Day Central 2005
Waste Minimization
Acid Mine Drainage
Renewable Energy
Watersheds
Land Use
• Earth Day Central 2004 — Let's
Pick It Up PA!
• Earth Day Central 2003 — Sustainability
for Pennsylvania
• Earth Day Central 2002 — Focus
on Biodiversity
• Earth Day Central 2001 — Clean
Watersheds! Clean Water
• Earth Day Central 2000 — Environmental
Progress In Action
• Earth Day Central 1999 — Do
Your Share... Learn About Land!
• Earth Day Central 1998 — Do
Your Share! Care About Water
• Earth Day Central 1997 — Do
Your Share
• Earth Day Central 1996 — Taking
the Next Step
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Fast
trash facts
Litter is:
Litter is dangerous
Broken glass cuts people, plastic chokes and kills
animals, chemicals pollute streams.
Litter is unsightly
Trash and litter ruin property values and lower the
quality of life for everyone.
Litter is contagious
Illegal dumps invite more dumping, turning country
roads into garbage piles, and spoiling parks and recreation
areas.
Litter is expensive
Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $6 million for roadside
cleanups last year. Cleaning up litter is about 9 times more
expensive than collecting it from trash receptacles.
Litter is EVERYONE'S problem
How long will litter last?
The chart below shows how long various items will last in
comparison to the lifespan of the average American.
• A banana or orange peel will last up to 2 years.
• A cigarette butt or wool sock will last from 1 to
5 years.
• Plastic coated paper will last for five years.
• Plastic bags will last from 10 to 20 years.
• A tin can will last for 50 years.
• A plastic 6-pack holder will last for 500 years.
• Glass bottles last 1,000 years.
• It is not known how long plastic bottles and styrofoam
will last. In comparison, the average American currently has
a lifespan of 77.2 years.
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Litterbug Information
For Litterbug information please contact the Pennsylvania
Resources Council.
Web Site: http://www.prc.org/
Phone:
Eastern PA 610-353-1555
Western PA 412-488-7490.
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Cleaning
Up Your Neighborhood Resource Guide
You can download the Cleanup Resource Guide: Cleaning Up Your
Neighborhood and Keeping It Clean! from PA
CleanWays.
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