Recycle

City adds 13 additional locations to its annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program In 2021, be kind to the environment – your neighborhood sanitation worker – by recycling that old evergreen that brought so much cheer to last year.  Beginning Monday,...

PHLDonateTech Program will offer free desktop & laptop pickups through Retrievr through January 15th. Have old computers you need to get rid of? The city has a new program for that. Philadelphia residents and businesses can donate, recycle and provide...

Whether your candidate won or lost, put a “W” in the environment column Now that the election is over and Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, what do you do with those leftover campaign signs?...

Bagged leaves have to be in designated locations in order to be composted. Otherwise, they’re trash. PHiladelphia Streets Department’s annual Leaf Recycling Program returns from Monday, November 9th through Saturday December 19th. Bagged leaf drop-off will be offered city-wide on Saturdays (except for November 14th and...

Don’t waste your October goods Every October, pumpkins pop up on porches and stoops across the city. And every November, those same pumpkins begin to decay and become unsightly science experiments.  Don’t know what to do with your old jack...

Residents can dispose of Hazardous Waste across the city. Do you have old oil base paint, used oil, solvents, pesticides, car batteries, sitting around your house? You can’t just throw it out with your trash. The Streets Department has three...

Between weeks of trash delays, reports of trash and recycling being combined into one truck, Mayor Kenney has blamed everything from residents’ DIY home projects to weather events. However, experts who have worked in and alongside of Philadelphia’s Streets Department...

As the city catches up on sanitation collections, recycling is still combined into the trash in many neighborhoods. Residents are upset. “The Streets Department is pleased to announce that trash and recycling will start on a regular collection schedule,” said...

Local experts dived deep into problems – and potential solutions – with Philly’s recycling system The last few weeks – especially as the city combines our trash and recycling yet again – have amplified the inefficiencies riddling our waste collection...