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PRC Collection Schedule

Mark your 2012 calendar for collections sponsored by the Pennsylvania Resources Council.

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Wounded Warriors At Your Service

Find out how you can support the Wounded Warrior Project on May 29

KDKA Insider

Join our eblast for special contest announcements and station information!

Autism Speaks

Support Autism Speaks and help shine a light on Autism Awareness

March of Dimes

The March of Dimes, celebrating 75 years

Wexford Starlite Car Cruise

Friday Nights at Northway Christian Community Church on Route 19!

Living Well with Sickle Cell

Walk on June 9th at Kennywood and raise awareness for Sickle Cell Disease

Larry Richert Honors our Hometown Heroes

Nominate someone to be a Hometown Hero

Pittsburgh Works

Hear more about the companies and people that stand out in Pittsburgh

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KDKA Goes Green

Find out how you can be green in your home and community!

Columbia Gas Storm Center

When the weather is bad, check if your school has a delay or closing!

High School Tour

Mike Pintek stops by High Schools to find out what today’s students think of current issues!

The PA River Sweep is celebrating its 23rd year and volunteers are needed to come out help with cleaning up the area’s river and stream banks with sites in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Westmoreland and […]

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/05/20

Forest Hills Considers Allowing Urban Farming

Forest Hills is considering allowing people to raise chickens and bees, and the idea is creating quite a buzz.

2013/05/15

Upcoming Spring Adult Education Workshops

Learn how to reuse rain water, compost and how to Be Green! Sign up for a workshop through the PRC!

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/05/12

PA Turnpike Going Green, Adding Electric Fueling Stations

Carl DeFebo Manager of Media and Public Relations for the Pennsylvania Turnpike says the Turnpike is going green.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/05/04

CANtest Promotes Aluminum Can Recycling In Unique Way

Students showed their creativity and used aluminum cans to help support recycling efforts.

2013/05/03

Household Hazardous Waste Collections Kick Off May 4th

Household Hazardous Waste Collections throughout the year will provide an opportunity to safely dispose of household products including cleaners, automotive fluids, paints, pesticides and more.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/04/29

Regulators Step In, Stop Planned Blasting At Coal Waste Dump

There are new details about a troubled Fayette County coal waste dump. State environmental regulators are stepping in to stop planned blasting on the property, blasting that could have caused landslides or cave-ins.

2013/04/12

Volunteers Scale Mt. Washington For Trash Cleanup

More than 40 volunteers scaled the steep hill on Mount Washington to clean up a year’s worth of trash.

2013/04/07

“Cans for Pets” Reaches Its Goal/Raises the Bar!

Go Green and help support local animal shelters by recycling your pet food cans!

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/04/01

New this Spring – Polystyrene Recycling!

The PRC is now collecting hard, white molded packaging material for free of charge at their 2013 Hard to Recycle events through a partnership with NOVA chemicals and Appliance Warehouse.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/03/26

Upcoming PRC Collections

Find out when the Pennsylvania Resources Council is hosting a recylcing or waste collection near you.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2013/03/26

Green Solutions Offered For Big Sewer Fix

The cost of cleaning our rivers and streams will be astronomical, promising to send your water and sewer bill through the roof over the next decade.

2013/03/15

“Bike Share Pittsburgh” To Offer Bike Rentals Throughout City

Narrow streets and dense traffic have not deterred increasing numbers of local residents from pedaling to work, or riding their bikes just for fun.

2013/03/11

Pa. DEP Encouraging Homeowners To Go Green At Home & Garden Show

Thousands people are expected to flock to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show. Companies will show the latest and greatest products for the home. And one organization will be encouraging people to go green.

2013/03/01

Does It Really Do That: SodaStream Pop Maker

You’ve probably seen the commercials for the SodaStream, the store displays or maybe on a home shopping channel.

2013/02/15

Falcon Chick Gets Checkup

A falcon chick living in a nest on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning got a checkup Friday. Officials had to shoo away the falcon chick’s mother, 14-year-old Dorothy, to reach the chick and take it indoors for a veterinary checkup.