South of South St. from River to River
While improvements are being made to the trash problem around the city, like the increased street cleaning through Ready, Willing & Able in Point Breeze, it is still a huge problem (as a Twitter account dedicated to South Philly trash also points out). Point Breeze Community Development Corporation’s Clean and
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Trash is scattered around the streets, sidewalks and vacant lots of our city. Things like the spring cleanup, new trash cleaning programs and the potential for city-wide street cleaning are helpful, but they’re still not solving this deeply-rooted trash problem. @SouthPhilaTrash @BeautifulPHL On S.Broad St. #philthadelphians #southphilthadelphia #keepphiladelphiabeautiful pic.twitter.com/G2qv2KT5MI —
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UPDATE: The event has been postponed until Saturday, April 16. Find out more here. While a street cleaning program isn’t happening at the moment, you can still pitch in to make the streets in your neighborhood a bit nicer by cleaning up trash. Philly Spring Cleanup is bringing together communities
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Since the trash problem in the city isn’t going to resolve itself, some organizations are taking action with more regular cleanups, since a bill for a street cleaning program likely won’t be moving forward too quickly. Passyunk Square Civic Association has had a sidewalk sweeping program for years now. The
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While steps have been made to improve the trash problem throughout Philadelphia, there’s still so much more that needs to be done to improve the streets of our city. So what would it be like if a street sweeping program was brought back? With a new mayor in office, some
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Little by little, changes are being made in the city to help reduce the amount of trash on the streets. Earlier this year, two new bills were introduced to require businesses to provide more trash cans and now pedal-operated trash cans are being installed, starting with one located in Point
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