Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has announced that registration is now open for the 2015 Great American Cleanup of PA.

Event coordinators can visit the Great American Cleanup of PA webpage, www.gacofpa.org , to register their event.

This annual event is held in conjunction with Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup and in partnership with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and a number of other sponsors.

The 2015 Great American Cleanup of PA will begin on March 1 and end May 31. During this period, registered events can get free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests from PennDOT district offices while supplies last. Events can be litter cleanups, illegal dump cleanups, beautification projects, special collections, and educational events and must be registered through the Great American Cleanup of PA website to receive free cleanup supplies.

As part of this event, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association are sponsoring Let's Pick It Up PA – Everyday. During the Pick It Up PA Days, registered event coordinators will be able to take the trash collected during their cleanup to participating landfills for free disposal. The Let's Pick It Up PA – Everyday event will begin on April 11 and end May 4. The focus day will be April 25th.

"We are so grateful to our volunteers and sponsors who help make the Great American Cleanup of PA possible," said Shannon Reiter, president of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. "We are hoping to get even more Pennsylvania's to make the Great American Cleanup of PA an annual event."

"DEP is proud to sponsor this annual cleanup event that does so much good for Pennsylvania's environment," DEP Acting Secretary John Quigley said. "By getting involved in a local cleanup, volunteers help us protect our roadsides and waterways from pollution, and improve our quality of life."

All 67 counties in Pennsylvania were represented in the 2014 Great American Cleanup of PA. In total, there were 5,349 events with 136,507 volunteers who collected 6,359,872 pounds of trash. They cleaned 13,603 miles of roads, railroad tracks, trails, waterways, and shorelines, and 9,113 acres of park and/or wetlands. Additionally, volunteers planted 31,406 trees, bulbs, and plants in an effort to keep Pennsylvania beautiful. A copy of the 2014 Great American Cleanup of PA final report can be downloaded at gacofpa.org/PhotosandResults.aspx.

Since the inception of this event in 2004, 1,565,967 volunteers removed 80,575,227 pounds of litter and planted 136,321 trees, bulbs, and flowers.

For more information or to register your events go to www.gacofpa.org