Where Can I Wednesday

If you’re looking for a sustainable way to spruce up your home or your business, purchasing repurposed furniture is one solution. Not only does it look good to go vintage, it’s saving these usable materials and pieces of furniture from...

Where can you recycle your christmas tree? Find all the pickup, drop off and range of options.

We get a lot of questions about what can and can not be recycled. I can’t believe this Where Can I Wednsday edition is a reader question, but it is. Those tiny humans produce a lot of waste. Can you...

“What is the best way to recycle a stainless steel pot or pan.  I am asking about a pan that has a little bit of rust on the bottom, on the inside where you would place your food to cook.”...

Although we’ve already had snow in Philly, there’s still leaves around! The 2018 Philadelphia Bagged Leaf Recycling Program is back. Below are the tips and where to drop off your leaves. Philadelphia 2018 Leaf Recycling Drive Tips Bagged leaves will only be...

Before you give thanks, give back — and donate clothes and food to those in need. Taller Puertorriqueño is accepting contributions for its soup kitchen and clothing drive on Nov. 21 (the day before Thanksgiving). The socially-conscious organization, which promotes...

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...

After you spend an agonizing five days tracking its journey, that goodie you bought online finally arrives on your doorstep. But once you tear everything away to get to your new lamp/pair of shoes/blender, you’re left with a mess: plastic,...

We all know that piece of kitchen wisdom passed down from our grandma: don’t dump grease down the drain! But it may not be as much of a no-brainer as you’d think. The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) reports that cooking oil...