The
Lawrence County chapter of PA CleanWays held a community cleanup under
the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful campaign on Saturday, April 3, 2004.
Volunteers from the chapter and local community, along with Laurel's
Conservation Club and Natural Science Society, rallied at 8:30 A.M.
on Hawthorne Road in Taylor Township to clean up illegally dumped material
along a small tributary of the Beaver River.
After four hours of hard work the 68 volunteers had cleaned up approximately
five tons of trash, 2 tons of scrap metals, and over 250 tires.
"This
active dump site has been addressed by the chapter in two previous cleanups:
November 2001 and April 2003," states chapter executive director,
Marjorie Snider. "The local municipality, Taylor Township, has
increased their efforts towards enforcement, however, people continue
to dump here. They just don't get it. Not only are they contaminating
the environment, but they can also be fined for this or required to
clean up what they left there."
When asked recently what PA CleanWays did towards enforcement Snider
explained, "PA CleanWays is not an enforcement agency. If we do
find evidence at our cleanups we turn it over to the proper authorities."
PA
CleanWays of Lawrence County is a nonprofit organization that works
to eliminate illegal dumping and littering in Lawrence County. They
work through cleanups, road adoptions, recycling events, beautification
projects, and education. Since their startup in 1993 they have cleaned
up 18 sites within the county through the facilitation of 38 cleanups.
They have recycled 47 tons of the removed trash, and more than 4,920
tires. Other events have resulted in the recycling of an additional
7,500 tires, 21 tons of magazines, and over 100 appliances.
"PA CleanWays would like to thank all the volunteers and sponsors
who made this event possible," quoted Snider. Sponsors for the
April 3 cleanup were: Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Office,
Penn DOT, Slippery Rock Salvage, Taylor Township, Tire Express, and
Tri-County Industries.
The
Laurel students were treated Wednesday to a pizza party from Little
Johnny's Pizza, Highland Avenue location, through the efforts of Taylor
Township and PA CleanWays of Lawrence County.
The
Lawrence County chapter of PA CleanWays held a community cleanup under
the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful campaign on Saturday, April 3, 2004.
Volunteers from the chapter and local community, along with Laurel's
Conservation Club and Natural Science Society, rallied at 8:30 A.M.
on Hawthorne Road in Taylor Township to clean up illegally dumped material
along a small tributary of the Beaver River. 
"This
active dump site has been addressed by the chapter in two previous cleanups:
November 2001 and April 2003," states chapter executive director,
Marjorie Snider. "The local municipality, Taylor Township, has
increased their efforts towards enforcement, however, people continue
to dump here. They just don't get it. Not only are they contaminating
the environment, but they can also be fined for this or required to
clean up what they left there."
PA
CleanWays of Lawrence County is a nonprofit organization that works
to eliminate illegal dumping and littering in Lawrence County. They
work through cleanups, road adoptions, recycling events, beautification
projects, and education. Since their startup in 1993 they have cleaned
up 18 sites within the county through the facilitation of 38 cleanups.
They have recycled 47 tons of the removed trash, and more than 4,920
tires. Other events have resulted in the recycling of an additional
7,500 tires, 21 tons of magazines, and over 100 appliances. 
The
Laurel students were treated Wednesday to a pizza party from Little
Johnny's Pizza, Highland Avenue location, through the efforts of Taylor
Township and PA CleanWays of Lawrence County.