Allentown Clean and Green

Betsy Levin, Mgr. Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste
Anne Sauerman, Coordinator, Education and Enforcement;
Sue Mancino, Operations Coordinator
City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste
641 South 10th St.
Allentown, PA 18103
Phone: 610-437-8729 Fax: 8732
Email: levin@allentowncity.org

The Allentown Clean and Green Program is coordinated by the Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste. It is a cooperative effort between the City and its residents to clean and beautify the City. Clean and Green organizes and supports volunteer cleanups and tree plantings. Its ADOPT-A-BLOCK program supplies equipment to 57 volunteer groups who pick up litter in their neighborhoods. In 2000, the Graffiti Busters Program cleaned graffiti from 400 private properties. Since 1999, the Don't Trash Allentown campaign has distributed 4,000 starter kits (a broom, dust pan and 10 bags) to residents for sidewalk cleaning. The program uses sidewalk sweeping machines to pick up litter on sidewalks and has a city-wide street sweeping program April-November.