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“Pick Up Pennsylvania”
Governor Tom Wolf encouraged residents to help reduce litter by joining the statewide “Pick Up Pennsylvania” campaign of community cleanups.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful coordinates the litter cleanup campaign. Volunteering is easy. People can organize their own local event and register it at Pick Up Pennsylvania, or can sign up to participate in an already registered event. Gloves, trash bags, and safety vests are provided by PennDOT, DEP, and the GLAD Products Company, a national sponsor.
A free video on the “Pick Up Pennsylvania” campaign is available in English (for streaming or download) and Spanish (for streaming or download). Media, municipalities, legislators, school and community leaders, and businesses are encouraged to share the video to help increase awareness of ways we can clean up our communities.
Local Students Help Raise Awareness
Luzerne County students designed signs that could be produced and displayed throughout our area to raise awareness and help stop littering. Check out the winning designs.
Why is littering a big deal? Check out this video:
Luzerne County is proud to announce that they are now part of the multi-county campaign that started with the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau named Pick Up the Poconos.
Multi County Anti-Litter Coalition - Visit Luzerne County and Discover Lehigh Valley have taken interest in the Pick Up the Poconos program, and are willing to jump on-board to spread awareness in their regions, creating a multi-county anti-litter coalition. Other organizations such as Keep PA Beautiful and Discover NEPA have offered their support and assistance, as well. Anti-littering television messages will be run across in the Pocono Mountains, Luzerne County, and Lehigh Valley. The added destinations will look to take on the anti-littering program and adapt it to their location. These seven counties all recognize that littering has dozens of negative impacts, but are primarily looking to make the following impacts:
- Make the environment clean and green for future generations
- Create a positive impression on visitors to the region, which puts more money into the local economy
- Reinforce the concept that “tourism cares” and that it gives back to the community
- Produce a higher sense of pride in the community
For additional comments or questions please see contacts below.
Luzerne County- Alan K. Stout, Executive Director, Visit Luzerne County, Alan.Stout@luzernecounty.org, 570-819-1877
Pocono Mountains area, or Pocono 3C, Brian Bossuyt, Executive Vice President/CMO, Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, bossuyt@poconos.org, 570-534-4543
Lehigh Valley area, contact: Alex Michaels, President & CEO, Discover Lehigh Valley, alex@DiscoverLehighValley.com, 610-882-9200
We are excited to announce the release of the following research reports:
- Pennsylvania Litter Research Study
- The Cost of Litter & Illegal Dumping in Pennsylvania - A Study of Nine Cities Across the Commonwealth.
All documents and related material, including Fact Sheets, News Releases, etc., can be viewed and shared from DEP’s website, www.dep.pa.gov/litteringactionplan