Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet

Matthew George started a GoFundMe to help fight litter in 2019. Now, over 90 trash cans have been added to streets. Litter is often the defining point separating the urban landscape from more spacious and affluent areas by zip code.  ...

City announced that there’d be painful budget cuts. Here’s one devastating impact on sustainability. Cover Photo: Plastic water bottles on art museum steps at Philadelphia Marathon 2019, a Zero Waste Event Mayor Jim Kenney prepared us to brace for deep...

City Piloted program due to Street Sweeping demands and resident complaints to move cars. City officials revealed a report of the 2019 Mechanical Broom Street Cleaning Evaluation and showed survey results from pilot areas. The report consists of a data...

Pretty paint jobs on new trash cans in two Philadelphia neighborhoods caused a controversy over who is responsible for keeping our city streets clean. The Community Cans Program, part of the city’s CleanPHL initiative to be 90 percent zero-waste and...

Zero Waste & Litter Cabinet released its two-year report today The City released its 2019 Zero Waste & Litter Report, two years after the cabinet shared its roadmap. In its report released today, the Cabinet boasts that of 31 recommendations...

Before “Filthadelphia” can shed its trashy reputation, city government needs to know what it’s dealing with. Comparing data from 2017 and 2018 can shed light on the issue. This past Wednesday, Philadelphia city officials released their findings on a 2018...

How does a city get to Zero Waste? According to the Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet, it starts with One… Year Report. Philadelphia has an ambitious goal: to fully eliminate the use of landfills and conventional incinerators by 2035, diverting...

Step one of fighting trash: Knowing where it is. Yesterday, the City of Philadelphia’s Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet revealed a city-wide Litter Index, an indexed map of litter conditions on city streets, vacant lots, and other public properties. Philadelphia Litter Index...

Mayor Kenney, Philadelphia Streets Department, and Recyclebank announced Philacycle, the newest program to get the city to Zero Waste. Philacycle: Helping Philadelphia to Get to Zero Waste Philacycle replaces the previous city programs by combining them all into one: Philadelphia Recycling...