Despite decades of efforts to improve recycling and waste management practices, Pennsylvanians still experience too much littering and illegal dumping in their communities.

Since 2008, the Pennsylvania Resources Council has held the Gene Capaldi “Lens on Litter” Photo Contest, which focuses on capturing ugly and avoidable examples of littering and galvanizing public commitment to solutions.

PRC encourages Pennsylvanians to submit photos showing the ways in which litter spoils our Commonwealth in the hopes that education and action will follow. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2023.

“Littering and dumping impacts Pennsylvanians everywhere and is both an environmental and economic problem,” said Darren Spielman, Executive Director of PRC. “We must tackle the Commonwealth’s growing waste problem and start moving toward the goals of a zero-waste and circular economy where post-consumer materials are reused and recycled.”

Program sponsors to date include Carolyn Capaldi, Robert & Mary Capaldi and Sheetz, Inc.

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PRC is Pennsylvania’s oldest grassroots environmental organization founded in 1939.  PRC has worked to protect resources for future generations through environmental education, recycling, waste diversion programs, anti-litter campaigns, watershed and other initiatives.

[Posted: July 17, 2023]

7/24/2023