Streets Department

Get $500 to beautify your block

Registered Block Captains can get a Visa gift card to add plants, paint or clean their streets. Can your block…

1 year ago

Where to compost (“recycle”) your leaves in Philly – 2022

The city is using a mechanical leaf collection in select neighborhoods; otherwise bagged leaves can be dropped off M-S. It's…

2 years ago

Your trash & recycling may be delayed – or not, according to the Streets Department.

It also may be combined, according to residents. The Philadelphia Streets Department Commissioner Carlton Williams announced that they are experiencing…

3 years ago

Philadelphia revives street sweeping program, complete with leafblowers

City to continue street sweeping pilot with trucks, push brooms and leaf blowers; asking residents to move cars. In an…

3 years ago

The Annual Philly Spring Cleanup is tomorrow. Join it… or don’t.

Philadelphians are sick of litter and the lack of leadership to do anything about it. Is it our time to…

4 years ago

City launches PickupPHL so you can check if trash or recycling has been picked up

City launches map that tells you if you can bring your cans in The Streets Department launched a map called…

4 years ago

Recycling isn’t Happening Again. Is it the weather or pandemic? Instead, Insiders Blame Decades of a Mismanaged Streets Department

Between weeks of trash delays, reports of trash and recycling being combined into one truck, Mayor Kenney has blamed everything…

4 years ago

More COVID Changes: Set Out Your Recycling Every Other Week

The Philadelphia Streets Department announces new schedule for recycling pick-up amidst COVID-19 outbreak.

5 years ago

Trash, recycling & composting continuing during COVID19 crisis

The coronavirus has caused a lot of changes to our daily lives. Waste collection, however, will remain the same for…

5 years ago