Volunteers Needed for Statewide Cleanup, Beautification Effort

Volunteers Needed for Statewide Cleanup, Beautification Effort

3/9/2017-HARRISBURG

The Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Department
of
Environmental Protection (DEP) are seeking volunteers for this year's Great

American Cleanup of Pennsylvania that begins March 1 and runs through May
31.

The cleanup is sponsored each year by PennDOT, DEP, Keep Pennsylvania
Beautiful
and other partners. Groups participating in PennDOT's Adopt-A-Highway (AAH)

program, which involves volunteers cleaning roadsides year round, are also
encouraged to participate in the cleanup.

Commenting on the Great American Cleanup of PA, PennDOT Secretary Leslie S.

Richards said, "PennDOT is proud to join DEP and our other partners in
organized efforts to keep Pennsylvania beautiful. Many thanks to the
thousands
of volunteers who are committed to this very worthwhile endeavor."

PennDOT has created a comprehensive webpage that includes all volunteer
opportunities available, from the Great American Cleanup of Pa and
Adopt-A-Highway to Safety Training, Litter Brigades and more. Find it at
penndot.gov at the "Roadside Beautification" banner.

"Through their individual and collaborative actions, volunteers are
significantly helping to eliminate and prevent pollution to our lands and
waters," DEP Acting Secretary Patrick McDonnell said. "And by adopting
local
roads and parks, they really do help beautify our green spaces."
Also as part of this year's cleanup, the PA Route 6 Alliance encourages
residents near the Route 6 Heritage Corridor to register at
www.paroute6.com/roundup.

During last year's Great American Cleanup, 5,290,560 pounds of litter was
collected from Pennsylvania's roads, trails and shorelines by 158,821
volunteers. PennDOT's AAH program contributed 8,046 volunteers who cleaned
up
nearly 23 percent of the collected litter on 10,258 miles of cleaned-up
roadway.
Through PennDOT's AAH program, volunteers collect litter on a two-mile
section
of state highway at least two times a year. The program currently has over
4,750 participating groups, more than 83,260 volunteers and 10,305 miles of

adopted state-maintained roadways.
Gloves, trash bags and safety vests are provided by PennDOT, DEP, and the
GLAD
Products Company, a national sponsor of Keep America Beautiful's Great
American
Cleanup. In addition, during "Pick it Up PA Days" from April 18 to May 8,
registered events have access to reduced or free disposal at participating
landfills sponsored by PA DEP and the Pennsylvania Waste Industries
Association.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Rich Kirkpatrick, 717-783-8800, PennDOT, Neil Shader,
717-
787-1323, DEP

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