February 24, 2010: Registration Open For Great American Cleanup of PA
The Sullivan Review (Reprinted by Permission from The Sullivan Review)

PA CleanWays and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced that registration is now open for the 2010 Great American Cleanup of PA. This annual event is in partnership with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, and partnering agencies and local businesses including AAA -- Mid-Atlantic, American Chemstry Council, Keystone Sanitary Landfill, PA Builders Association, PA Landscape & Nursery Association, PA Soft Drink Association, PA Waste Industry Association, Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Steel Recycling Institute and Waste Management.
The 2010 Great American Cleanup of PA will begin on March 1st and end on May 30th. During this period, registered events can get free bags, gloves, and vests from PennDOT District offices. Events consist of litter cleanups, illegal dump cleanups, beautification projects, special collections, and educational events. Events must be registered through the Great American Cleanup of PA website, www.gacofpa.org, to get these free cleanup supplies.
As part of this event, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will be sponsoring Let's Pick It Up PA -- Everyday. During the Pick It Up PA Days, registered events will be able to take the trash collected during their cleanup to participating landfills for free disposal. The Let's Pick It Up PA -- Everyday event will begin on April 17th and end on May 1st. The focus day will be April 24th.
All 67 counties in Pennsylvania were represented in the 2009 Great American Cleanup of PA. There were 4,837 events with 171,940 volunteers. Volunteers collected 344,021 bags of trash of 6,880,420 pounds. They cleaned 16,498 miles of roads, railroad tracks, trails, waterways, and shorelines, and 6,986 acres of parks and/or wetlands. Additionally, volunteers planted 6,264 trees, bulbs and plants in an effort to keep Pennsylvania beautiful.
Since the inception of this event in 2004, over 42 million pounds of litter and waste have been removed from Pennsylvania's landscapes, and tens of thousands of trees, bulbs and flowers have been planted.
To register an event, find an event near you, or to find additional resources on the Great American Cleanup of PA, go to www.gacofpa.org. Any additional questions can be answered by the Great American Cleanup of PA Hotline at 1-877-772-3673 ext. 113.

This stretch of road (the Marsh Road) in Dushore would be a good candidate for the 2010 Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania. The annual event is in partnership with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, and partnering agencies and local businesses. The CLeanup begins on March 1 and runs through May 31. In addition, the Department of Environmental Protection will be sponsoring Let's Pick It Up PA -- Everyday from April 17 - May 1 with the focus day to be April 24. More information above. Get a group together and let's pick it up Sullivan County! (Photo courtesy of The Sullivan Review Newspaper, Dushore, PA)