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Great American Cleanup of PA

4/6/2016

Seneca Landfill will be participating in the Great American Cleanup of PA, April 16 through May 9. During the Pick It Up PA Days, sponsored by Department of Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association, Seneca Landfill will offer free disposal services.

The Great American Cleanup is an initiative to improve the areas we live, work and play in. Many community and civic organizations will be sponsoring highway cleanups, planting trees, and removing graffiti from public buildings.

The Great American Cleanup is sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, the Department of Environmental Protections, the Vogel Holding, Inc. family of businesses, and other sponsors nationwide. Since the inception of this event in 2004:

  • 1,830,631 volunteers have picked up 86,578,947 pounds of litter and waste 
  • 159,404 miles of roads, waterways, shorelines, and trails have been cleaned
  • 149,371 trees, bulbs, and flowers have been planted. 
  • 236,743 tires and 163,059 pounds of scrap metal have been properly disposed of by volunteers.

 

To learn more or to register an event, visit http://www.gacofpa.org/.