Allegheny CleanWays

Meet other community members who care about creating positive change right where they live. Learn what to expect from the program, explore exciting hands-on activities, enjoy refreshments, and discover how your ideas, experiences, and leadership can help build a stronger, more sustainable community.

For details and registration: https://www.alleghenycleanways.org/ecoscouts.html

Join us at Patagonia in Shadyside for September's GrateKeepers litter cleanup!
Register here>>> https://form.jotform.com/262464875323160

We will be meeting up at the Patagonia store on Walnut Street on Saturday, September 26th at 10am then walking through the neighborhood picking up litter. We will meet back up at 11:30 for snacks and drinks generously supplied by Patagonia

Eco Scouts is back and registration is now open! These year's sessions will take place Thursday evenings starting October 1!

alleghenycleanways.org/ecoscouts

PRC and Allegheny CleanWays are excited to announce the return of !

Join us on Thursday evenings beginning Oct 1 to discover how small actions can create big changes for your neighborhood, your family, and the environment.

Join one or grow through all six workshops. Learn more and register today https://alleghenycleanways.org/ecoscouts

We're feeling energized this week coming out of Tuesday night's Trash Talk event!

Our third annual fundraiser dinner and speaker event was by far the biggest and most successful yet. We received so much support for Allegheny CleanWays and our mission to engage with communities to eliminate litter and illegal dumping. Thank you ☺️

We were ecstatic to have Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Total Garbage and Garbology, speak virtually while local actor Ellen Kotzin MC'd the night at Hazelwood Brew House. We hope folks left the evening with a fresh understanding of the systemic crisis of plastic waste and a renewed drive to help solve it.

In total, we raised $4,900 to cap off the end of a fiscal year that saw an inspiring increase in individual giving! We hope everyone had a chance to take a trashy Polaroid picture home with them to remember the night for years to come.

Thank you to our Trash Talk sponsors Duolingo, 412 Clean Teams, Shift Collaborative, and TulaBooks! And an additional heartfelt thank you to Hazelwood Brew House for generously providing their beautiful space, catering, and drinks.

See yinz out at the dumpsite! >>>alleghenycleanways.org/getinvolved

More special cleanups are coming up and we could use YOUR HELP to clean up illegal dumpsites and waste along our river banks! >>>alleghenycleanways.org/getinvolved

This is the final month of public riverfront cleanups, with the Ohio River series of cleanups and a rescheduled Mon Series cleanup. This are your last chances this year to join us on the boat!

We also have two cleanups relating to our stewardship programs, a GrateKeepers litter walk in Shadyside and a StepKeepers illegal dumpsite cleanup in Garfield by the Rosetta St steps. Finally, we have our monthly large group cleanup, this time in Pittsburgh's. Perry South neighborhood.

Register to volunteer now at www.alleghenycleanways.org/getinvolved

Support for the Ohio River Series cleanups are sponsored in part by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, NiSource Foundation and Columbia Gas.

Trash Talk, behind the scenes.

We're getting ready for our dinner/speaker event fundraiser by testing out our tech setup and planning out the event space. Everything is 100% operational and author Edward Humes is ready!

You can get your ticket now here: https://givebutter.com/trash-talk-2026-evac1m

We have both in-person and virtual tickets available. All sales go directly toward our local community cleanup programs!

This year, we are welcoming Garbology & Total Trash author Edward Humes virtually for the talk and Q&A portion. Local actor Ellen Kotzin (Pittsburgh Hills) will be hosting in person at our event space, Hazelwood Brew House. There will even be a photo station for you to take your own polaroid picture with trash treasures. It all happens next Tue. September 15 from 6pm-8pm. We hope to see you there!

Trash Talk 2026 is sponsored by Duolingo, 412 Clean Teams, Shift Collaborative, and Tula Books.

Our monthly large group DumpBusts are back! These cleanups are different than our weekly ones. The dumpsites are bigger and badder, meaning the volunteer team we need must likewise be scaled up.

On August 29, we tackled a massive and deep dumpsite in the Hill District. The trash was packed so high and so dense that volunteers didn't even start seeing patches of soil until the end of the three hour cleanup! We saved 72 pounds of glass and 30 pounds of aluminum for recycling.

Full waste totals will be shared on a later date when the site is finished. Our next large group cleanup is Sunday, September 27 in Perry South. Register to volunteer now https://form.jotform.com/262223955466160

*New Trash Talk Update!

As we get closer to our annual dinner/talk fundraiser event, we have a couple announcements.

- VIP ticket holders will now receive a copy of Edward Humes' book Total Garbage WITH a signed book plate!

- A photo station for attendees to take fun pictures with trash treasures (using a working trash treasure Polaroid camera) will be set up!

- Tula Books has also generously joined on to sponsor Trash Talk!

If you haven't gotten your ticket yet, or want to invite some of your friends or family, get your tickets now at https://givebutter.com/trash-talk-2026-evac1m

Trash Talk is set to be an exciting night of of dinner, drinks, and community as we gather to talk trash and support the ongoing work of Allegheny CleanWays at Hazelwood Brew House. Ellen Kotzin (Pittsburgh Hills) hosts the night live, with a virtual talk from author Edward Humes streamed in for the group. In-person tickets include dinner and two drinks.

Virtual tickets will be available for those who cannot attend in person!

Thank you to our event sponsors Duolingo, 412 Clean Teams, Shift Collaborative, and Tula Books!

The last of our three concentrated river cleanup series events will focus on the Ohio River! Register now at www.alleghenycleanways.org/getinvolved

Our water crew will be gathering volunteers at the boat launch in Kilbuck Twp three days in a row, September 10-12. We'll boat up and down the river, dropping off groups to pick up manufactured waste (usually lots of plastics). All three cleanups will be from 10am-1pm.

This event series is sponsored in part by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, NiSource Foundation and Columbia Gas