www.KeepPaBeautiful.org

The PA Soft Drink Association is supporting the Great PA Cleanup! again this year and is encouraging groups to sign up before the April 15 deadline to help Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

“Litter is caused by a few people who don’t care about their communities,” said Anthony L. Crisci, Legislative Counsel for the PA Soft Drink Association. “Litter is more than an eyesore, it can ruin property values and pollute our rivers and streams.”

“The Great PA Cleanup! is a wonderful opportunity to show how much people do care and to convince others littering is not only wrong, but illegal,” said Crisci.

In 2004 over 100,000 people participated in roadside and streamside cleanups across Pennsylvania through The Great PA Cleanup! picking up over 233,000 bags of trash.

“Beverage companies are pleased to join forces with public agencies, the waste industry, recycling groups, tourist organizations, farm and sportsmen groups from all over Pennsylvania to be part of this unique event,” said Crisci. “Specifically, we want to thank DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty and Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler for putting together this initiative.”

This year the Great PA Cleanup! will take place April 23 in conjunction with Earth Day 2005.

Groups officially registered for the Great PA Cleanup! will be able to dispose of the trash they collect for free at participating landfills across the state, get information about contacts in their area that can help plan their cleanup, get gloves and safety vests from PennDOT, free trash bags donated by Glad, Inc., help disposing of tires and motor oil found by the cleanups from Firestone tire dealers and be included in a drawing for four Troy-Bilt yard-vacs given away by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful organization.

Interested groups can go to www.KeepPaBeautiful.org to learn more on how to become registered or call 1-888-548-8372.

The PA Soft Drink Association has supported the Great PA Cleanup! since it began in 2004 and is a founding member of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a nonprofit group dedicated to anti-littering education and beautification projects and a state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.

For more information, visit the PA Soft Drink Association webpage.

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