| Free to
good home - tips on recycling and composting |
 Questions
about recycling or composting? Interested in finding products
made from recycled materials? Call the Recycling Hotline:
(800) 346-4242 or visit:
GreenWords "Buy
Recycled" |
| TIRES WANTED! |
 Wondering
what to do with those old used tires? Contact the Division
of Municipal and Residual Waste at (717) 787-7381 or visit:
GreenWords
"Waste
Tires" |
| Get radon
out of your house! |
| Concerned your home is being invaded
by radon? Don't know how to keep out the second leading
cause of cancer? Call the Radon Hotline: (800) 237-1366. |
| GOT INSURANCE? |
| Live in a flood-prone area? Homeowners
and renters insurance doesn't cover damage from floods.
Learn how to protect your property. Call (888) CALLFLOOD.
 Live
in a Pennsylvania Coal region? Don't know if there's
an abandoned coal mine under your home? Homeowners and
renters insurance doesn't cover subsidence damage. Learn
how to protect your property. Call (800) 922-1678
|
| Free Watershed
Health Test |
| Concerned about the health of that
stream running behind your house? Visit www.PAWatersheds.org |
| Cut Your
Business Overhead |
 Own
a small business? Looking for ways to cut overhead? Call
(71) 783-9981 and request a P2E2 (for Pollution Prevention/Energy
Efficiency) Site Visit or visit
GreenWords "Site
Visits" |
| FREE CONFIDENTIAL
HELP! |
 Small
business can get free, confidential information on how
to comply with local, state and federal environmental
regulations by calling ENVIROHELP (800) 772-4743 or by
visiting www.pa-envirohelp.org |
|
|
INVEST $1,
GET BACK $8
|
 If
you could invest $1 to save $8 would you? Do you want
to see how small and medium sized businesses like yours
have already done so? Do you want to know where free help
is available for solving your environmental questions?
Contact Dana Stuller, network administrator with the Pennsylvania
Environmental Assistance Network at (717) 948-6520 or
by visiting www.pean.state.pa.us |
|
OMBUDSMAN
AVAILABLE!
|
Small businesses can get
confidential assistance coordinating DEP resources or
with registering complaints about DEP by calling the Commonwealth's
Small Business Ombudsman, at (717) 772-8951 or
GreenWords "Ombudsman" |
|
BUGGED BY
LITTER?
|
| Neighborhood overrun with unsightly
litter? Don't know how to get it cleaned up? Call the
Litter Hotline: 888-LITTERBUG. |
|
FREE INFORMATION
|
|
Free
information about Pennsylvania State Parks by calling
(888) PA Parks.
|
|
FREE USED
OIL RECYCLING
|
| Find
a place near you to recycle used oil by calling (800)
346-4242. |
|
Buy Recycled
Guide
|
Order a "Buyer's Guide to Recycle
Products" by calling (610) 353-1555 or use the
GreenWords "Buy
Recycled Guide." |
|
FREE to a
Good Home!
|
Get
free information on composting at home or in your town
by calling (800) 346-4242 or use
GreenWords
"Composting." |
|
Don't Pay
Your
Neighbor's Trash Bill!
|
Learn how your community can "Pay
As You Throw." Only pay for the trash you throw out.
Call (800) 346-4242 or use the
GreenWords "Pay
As You Throw." |
|
COME HOME
BOB!
|
| All is forgiven. We know
you didn't mean to throw that soda can in the trash! |
|
|
Hunting for
Game,
Non-Game
|
| Get information about hunting and
non-game species by contacting the Pennsylvania Game Commission,
(717) 787-4250 or visit www.pgc.state.pa.us |
|
Ask About
Something fishy
|
 The
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has lots of information
on fish and aquatic life for kids and adults, (717) 705-7801
or visit www.fish.state.pa.us |
|
Local Officials
WANTED!
|
 The
Governor's Center for Local Government Services can help
local officials find funding, technical help and training
on environmental and land use topics. Call (888) 233-6837
or visit www.dced.state.pa.us. |
|
Firefighters
WANTED!
|
| What
if no one answered the call to fight a fire or protect
your from a hazardous materials spill? Volunteer fire
companies need your help. To volunteer, contact your local
fire company or call (800) FIRELINE. |
|
|
You "Otter"
Put This
On Your Car!
|
The new River Otter license plates
are now available from the Wild Resource Conservation
Fund. To get an application, call (717) 783- 1639, write
P.O. Box 8764, Harrisburg, PA 17105 or use the
GreenWords "River
Otter." |
|
Are You Over
55?
|
You
are never too old to work for a cleaner environment! Join
the Pennsylvania Senior Environment Corps, part of a national
group of senior volunteers for the environment. Call (717)
787-9580, e-mail: PaGreatSE@aol.com
or use
GreenWords
"Senior Environment Corps." |
|
This Training's
For You!
|
| You can arrange for free training
programs on a variety of topics like composting, land
use, and the Home*A*Syst environmental risk program. Look
for the county Extension Office in the blue pages of your
phone book, call (814) 863-3438, or visit www.extension.psu.edu |
|
FREE NEWSLETTER!
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| Subscribe to the weekly Environmental
Protection Update newsletter by visiting www.dep.state.pa.us
or sending your address to EP Update, DEP, PO Box 2063,
Harrisburg, PA 17105. |
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