PA
CleanWays of Mifflin County
PA CleanWays of Mifflin County, a
chapter of PA CleanWays, was formed in 2001 with support from residents
concerned about illegal dumping in the county. The chapter focuses
on cleanups of illegal dumps, special collection events for disposal
of hard to recycle items, and educating the public on the detriments
of illegal dumping and littering. Since our inception through the
end of 2009, Mifflin County has held 61 cleanups removing and properly
disposing 174.65 tons of trash as well as recycling over 4,000 tires!
Over our past five special collection
events, we collected and recycled over 1,900 tires!
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The
Mifflin County Chapter has an extensive network of volunteers,
in addition to working with local conservation groups. Since
2005, our volunteers have donated a total of 2,200 volunteer
hours to help make Mifflin County a better place for our residents
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Volunteers can also 'adopt' sites,
which includes monitoring and disposing of any additional trash
that accumulates at a cleaned dumpsite. Currently there are
a total of 24 adoption sites in the county.
Mifflin County also participates in an annual friendly rivalry
with neighboring Huntingdon County. The Golden Rim Award is
given to the chapter who collects the most tires at a specific
collection event, helping to remove unsightly tires and mosquito
breeding grounds from the landscape. While we didn't win the
event this year, we did collect and recycle 344 tires!
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illegal dumping continues to be a problem in the county. One
site in particular has become a major undertaking for our
chapter. The Jacks Mountain site in Oliver Township has had
5 cleanups, removing a total of 7 tons of trash and 268 tires.
Another site, Hesser Gap, was a large historical and active
dumpsite on a rural road that was easily accessible to dumpers.
The site was cleaned in 2007, removing over 28 tons of trash
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Since the site has been cleaned,
large deer fencing has been installed along the stretch of road
to prevent further dumping. The Mifflin County Illegal Dump Survey
is being completed by PA CleanWays to identify illegal dumpsites
within the county and will be released in June of 2010.
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Hesser Gap
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Hesser Gap
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Please check our Calendar
of Events for upcoming cleanups. If you would like to
become a volunteer for the chapter, please contact Pam Sechrist,
Chapter Coordinator, at 717-899-6701 or e-mail.
If you would like to make a donation to PA CleanWays of Mifflin
County to help support chapter activities, please consider giving
to the PA CleanWays Clean
and Green Fund.
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