Earth 911 Offers Earth Day Site for April and Every Day

Media, States and Citizens Nationwide Benefit from Free Tools and Services!

Phoenix, Ariz. March 31 ­ April is here and with it comes Earth Month, Earth Week and Earth Day. Earth 911 offers a Web site at www.Earth911.com, that helps the media, states and citizens celebrate Earth Day and every day for the planet. Earth 911 makes Earth Day and everyday environmentally relevant by empowering citizens nationwide with recycling and other environmental resources they can use right in their neighborhood.

The special Earth Day 2003 section on Earth 911, www.Earth911.com, features a wealth of information and resources. There are even Earth Day Banners that you can add to your Web site! Information and free tools include background on Earth Day; a Kids/Education section; Facts, Tips & Local Resources; Helpful Links and a special Earth Day Press Room to assist the media and state and local governments and environmental organizations with free public service announcement materials to help promote Earth Day!

Check it out! Visit the Earth Day 2003 section at www.Earth911.com (also accessible at www.CLEANUP.org), and help Make Every Day Earth Day with Earth 911! Happy Earth Day!

Earth 911 is touted as an excellent resource for children by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and continuous system expansions and interactivity will ensure a free resource that is useful to the public it serves. The Handy’s Kids/Education section is an award-winning selection of information, games and activities for children, students, teachers and parents.

Earth 911 is supported in part through a partnership with Hewlett Packard, BP, The Home Depot, CGI and Microsoft who share in the mission of empowering children through education to protect the environment. Our Public Sector Partners include the U.S. EPA, all 50 states and thousands of local governments and non-profit organizations.

Make Every Day Earth Day by using Earth 911 as your environmental resource. Visit www.Earth911.com or call 1-800-CLEANUP to find recycling locations in your own community.

Celebrate Earth Month and Earth Day and Make Every Day Earth Day with Earth 911!

Note to the media: Earth 911 is the public resource for community-specific environmental information ­ a valuable resource for Earth Month/Earth Day 2003 and all year long. The free service offers environmental tips, local recycling and household hazardous waste sites and information on a wide range of environmental topics from Air to Water. In addition, the Press Room and PSA Library provide ideas and tools for you to help educate and empower the public with the resources that help Make Every Day Earth Day and this Earth Month/Day 2003 (Earth Day is April 22nd).

About Earth 911
Founded in 1991 and operated by Cleanup, Inc., the Earth 911 Public and Private Sector Partnership directs the public with free “call-to-action” awareness programs. Through a Web site (www.CLEANUP.org or www.Earth911.com) and toll-free bilingual hotline (1-800-CLEANUP), environmental information and resources are provided by local governments and readily available for all communities across the United States and Canada.

For More Information:
Media Relations, media@cleanup.org

or

Meryl Klein
Director of Outreach, Earth 911
mklein@cleanup.org

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