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Great PA Cleanup Environmental Links
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Adopt a Highway
http://www.dot.state.pa.us
Adopt-A-Highway is an effective way to reduce litter along state roads and help beautify the landscape as well as help reduce the overall cost of litter removal in Pennsylvania. This program has been sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation since 1990.
Allied Waste Industries, Inc
http://www.alliedwaste.com
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. is the second largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in the United States, with annual revenues of $5.5 billion and assets of nearly $14 billion. Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, they serve approximately 10 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in 118 major markets within 38 states.
The Charles Chrin Companies
http://www.chrin.org
Charles Chrin, along with his sons Dennis, Greg and Jim, oversee a solid hauling, quarry, recycling and disposal business. They also provide a full line of site contracting services and manage a land development entity. Chrin employs over 115 full time employees and is committed to the communities in which it operates.
Earth Day Calendar of Events
List of events submitted by the public to the DEP that revolve around Earth Day.
IESI
http://www.iesi.com
IESI is an environemental services company dedicated to: the collection, transportation and disposal of non-hazardous Residential, Commercial and Industrial Waste; and to Recycling in the communities it serves.
Keep America Beautiful
http://www.kab.org/
Keep America Beautiful is a national nonprofit public education organization dedicated since 1953 to engaging individuals to take great responsibility for improving their local community environment. For half a century, Keep America Beautiful has been the nation’s leading community improvement organization successfully implementing an effective, systematic strategy for educating on recycling and reducing litter, and changing individual attitudes about solid waste.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful provides a forum for organizations with a shared interest in combating litter in Pennsylvania.
PA Cleanways
http://www.pacleanways.org/
PA CleanWays, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps people who are ready to take action against illegal dumping and littering in their communities.
PA Forest Lands Beautification Program
http://www.cleanpaforests.org/
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is aggressively trying to clean up sites under the new Forest Lands Beautification Program.
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is charged with maintaining and preserving the 116 state parks; managing the 2.1 million acres of state forest land; providing information on the state's ecological and geologic resources; and establishing community conservation partnerships with grants and technical assistance to benefit rivers, trails, greenways, local parks and recreation, regional heritage parks, open space and natural areas.
Pennsylvania Resources Council
http://www.prc.org/
The Pennsylvania Resources Council, established in 1939, is the Commonwealth's oldest citizen action environmental organization.
Penn Waste
http://www.pennwaste.com
Penn Waste services local municipalities, their residents and the needs of commercial clients. They not only provide trash and recycling collection services but also offer a wide range of other clean up and collection services. They also operate a state of the art modern recycling facility.
Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
http://www.proprecycles.org/
PROP is Pennsylvania's state recycling association & affiliate to the National Recycling Coalition (NRC).
Republic Services of Pennsylvania
http://www.republicservices.com
Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of environmental services including solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services. Republic’s local operating companies, called divisions, provide solid waste services for commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers.
Waste Management
http://www.wastemanagement.com
As the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services, Waste Management serves municipal, commercial, industrial and residential customers throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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