PA CleanWays Announces
Illegal Dumpsite Survey Schedule for the Fall
Greensburg, PA - June 26,
2007 - PA CleanWays, Inc. has announced their illegal
dumpsite survey schedule for the fall. They will survey
11 Pennsylvania counties, including Bedford, Berks, Crawford,
Fulton, Lackawanna, Lawrence, McKean, Montgomery, Schuylkill,
Somerset, and Venango. PA CleanWays has surveyed 15 counties
since 2005, locating over 1,700 dumpsites with a total
estimated tonnage of 7,800 tons. PA CleanWays will survey
every county in the Commonwealth by 2012.
Funding for the surveys this fall is provided through
grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection and the Richard King Mellon Foundation. PA
CleanWays' illegal dump surveys educate state, county,
and local officials about the problem of illegal dumping
and provide valuable data about the dumpsites and the
community in which they reside to address the problem
through cleanups, municipal waste collections, and recycling
programs.
"Locating dumpsites and assessing how big of a problem
illegal dumping is in Pennsylvania is a vital step to
addressing the solution," says Shannon Reiter, President
of PA CleanWays. "Once the sites are identified,
assessed, and mapped, we can use the surveys to prioritize
sites for cleanup and abatement, document problem materials
within each dumpsite, develop plans for proper disposal,
and provide a benchmark to measure cleanup progress."
Completed surveys can be viewed at their website www.pacleanways.org.
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PA CleanWays is a nonprofit
organization that helps people who are ready to take action
against illegal dumping and littering in their communities.
Since 1990, PA CleanWays has been dedicated to empowering
people to resolve and prevent these destructive problems.
For more information about PA CleanWays and its programs,
visit www.pacleanways.org.
