Wyoming County Illegal Dump Cleanup Removes More Than 20 Tons of Trash, Tires
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council this week announced it has completed the cleanup of an illegal dump in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County, removing more than 20 tons of trash and tires that had been illegally dumped along the banks of Tunkhannock Creek.

The $12,000 in cleanup costs were funded by the Department of Community & Economic Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. PEC's illegal dump cleanup program is sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection, Earth Conservancy, J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Keystone Sanitary Landfill, Mericle Commercial Real Estate and PA American Water Company.

Visit PEC's Cleanup Our American Lands And Streams webpage for more information.

7/27/2009

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