Whether intentionally put there or blown from trashcans, dumpsters, shopping carts, or cars, trash can be found in every community. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has a program for local residents, organizations, civic groups, and businesses to be part of the solution. Its statewide adoption program is an opportunity for locals to adopt and care for municipal roads, parks, neighborhood blocks, greenways, waterways, and trails.
According to Keep America Beautiful's 2009 National Visible Litter Survey and Litter Cost Study, litter cleanup costs the U.S. more than an estimated $11.5 billion each year, with municipalities spending more than $790 million and counties spending $185 million each year. The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful adoption program helps mitigate the costs associated with cleaning up by encouraging local residents to take ownership of their communities.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful provides a sign recognizing the groups or individuals who have adopted the road or area and seeks the support of the local municipalities to provide the sign post, install the sign, and provide trash disposal options as needed.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's Great American Cleanup of PA will run through Friday, May 31. Free bags, gloves, and vests are available for cleanup volunteers through a partnership with PennDOT and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.
For more information about adopting a municipal road, park, neighborhood block, greenway, waterway, or trail, readers may visit http://www.keeppabeautiful.org and click on Keep It or contact Stephanie Larson at slarson@keeppabeautiful.org or 724-836-4121, ext. 104. For information about adopting a state-maintained road, readers may visit the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation at http://www.penndot.gov and search Adopt-a-Highway.
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