Dear Friends, 

After more than a decade, we have updated our logo. Created by Red House Communications, our new logo distills our previous logo down to its simplest form, creating a modern logo that combines nature’s beauty with a human touch. It can be interpreted as our state flower, the Mountain Laurel, or the act of reaching down to pick up litter or planting something new. We feel it exemplifies our vision of a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania and signifies renewal and growth. We hope you like it. 

The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Team

Register for Pick Up Pennsylvania and Fight Dirty in Your Neighborhood
Cleanup training webinar offered Feb 26

Registration is open for 2024 Pick Up Pennsylvania, an annual community improvement program. Pick Up Pennsylvania is a year-long initiative, however, events scheduled from March 1 through May 31 receive free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and Keep America Beautiful, as supplies last. Events can include litter cleanups, illegal dump cleanups, community greening and beautification, special collections and education events. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association are sponsoring trash disposal, free of charge or at a reduced rate for registered program participants, at participating landfills from April 1 through April 30, with prior approval. Events must be registered at keeppabeautiful.org to receive free cleanup supplies and a reduced rate for trash disposal. 

Cleanup Webinar 

Want to fight dirty in your community but not sure where to start? Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is hosting a community-wide cleanup training webinar on Monday, February 26 from noon -1 pm. The training will include technical support for organizing a community-wide cleanup by mobilizing local volunteers, gaining support from local business, coordinating trash disposal, accessing supplies and more! A link will be posted here closer to the date of the webinar. 

The webinar is geared towards municipalities, but individuals and organizations interested in organizing a cleanup may also attend.

Litter Free School Zone, Ritter Elementary, Wins Gift Card  

We are so excited to announce that Litter Free School Zone, Ritter Elementary School was chosen to receive a $50 prepaid Visa card.

All schools who reported results of their litter sweep from the beginning of this school year through January 1 were entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card to celebrate the student participants and a litter free school with pizza, ice cream or other treat. 

Incentives to report are occasionally offered to our Litter Free School Zone participants because we want to emphasize the importance of reporting. Reported numbers are added to our statewide totals, help us measure progress towards reducing litter and are important deliverables to our funders.

To Find out how your school can become a Litter Free School Zone here. 

Strategic Plan 2024-2026

KPB’s Board of Directors recently completed a strategic plan for 2024-2026. Our four strategic priorities include the following:

1. Strengthen the KPB Affiliate Network.
2. Increase engagement of key demographic groups such as youth, seniors and members of marginalized comities and reduce barriers to service for these groups.
3. Increase KPB’s organizational capacity and sustainability.
4. Expand universal access to convenient and affordable trash disposal and recycling.

Read a summary of the strategic plan here.