plastic bags

Economics and the community at the center of Plastic Bag Rally Yesterday, environmental groups hosted a rally against plastic bags at City Hall. Speakers during the rally included local activists like 12-year old Isaac Harte of Thorndale, the Mayor of...

Clean Air Council Attorney Logan Welde didn’t quit, and it may finally pay off. Councilman Mark Squilla introduced a single-use plastic bag ban, placing a $.15 cent fee on all other paper bags and heavy plastic yesterday in City Council....

What’s one way to respond to our current recycling crisis to curb our consumption rates? Legislation. PennEnvironment Executive Director David Masur and (mostly southeast PA Democratic) state legislators announced a “Zero Waste PA” package of bills with goals to reduce...

What’s going on in Philly and beyond? Here’s our weekly recap of news you should check out. Ideas to steal: The Philadelphia Citizen shared how a New Orleans nonprofit transforms vacant lots into playgrounds, and contemplates if Philly could replicate...

We have another reader question in today’s Where Can I Wednesday. I put my recycling in a white plastic trash bag in my blue Philly recycle bin. The trashman always pick it up. I do this because it’s neater. This...

We’ve recently had TWO reader questions about placing recyclables in plastic bags for curbside pickup. “Is it true that we cannot put recyclables in clear/blue “recycle” trash bags?” – Eliezer “This is random, but I remember reading something on the Green...

A new year means new legislation possible in city council. We chatted with Councilman Mark Squilla (who was hanging out with our buddy Connor Barwin) during the recent Treecycling on South Street. The Councilman has his eyes on three possible sustainability bills...

Sad news on the Plastic Bag front… After Councilman Mark Squilla took on the twice-rejected plastic bag legislation and introduced a bill in April, and we’ve learned that the hearing scheduled for today will NOT happen. According to an email from...

As some of you may remember, we started a “Ban the Bag day” in July 2012 to bring awareness to plastic bag legislation in Philadelphia. We synced up with Logan Welde of the Clean Air Council and other environmental organizations...