City recycling truck gets stuck in Port Richmond sinkhole

Work has been ongoing on Livingston Street for more than a year.

Philly recycling is a mess everywhere. Here’s how you can help.

If you can find a car, the sanitation dropoff centers are now open seven days a week.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Trash collection more than doubled in some Philly neighborhoods during the pandemic

Tonnage is up across the city, with the Northwest and far Northeast seeing the biggest spikes.

Holidays in Philly

11 free New Year’s resolutions for Philadelphia

Cleaner streets, fewer indictments and a modern fare system — is that too much to ask for 2020?

50 pretty new trash cans land on Philly streets — to be emptied by neighborhood volunteers

“I’m at a desperate point,” said one resident in Southwest.

Someone keeps stealing my compost and I have no idea why they want my rotting food

Turns out I’m not the only Philadelphian dealing with a bucket thief.

Opinion: I love Philadelphia, but I might leave because of trash

The litter piles on Alisha Ebling's North Philly street are out of control.

Tickets for trashy sidewalks are up 300%. It hasn’t fixed Philly’s litter problem.

More than half the violation notices issued by the city end up in the rubbish pile.

Philadelphia’s new version of street sweeping is…dusty

Watch a demo of the backpack leaf blowers that will scatter debris — so drivers don't have to move their cars.

NYT delves into the recycling ‘crisis.’ Philly burns half what it collects, but we’re not alone.

Mayor Kenney announced today that he wants to QUADRUPLE funding for Philly’s street sweeping program

Fernhill Park is apparently littered with tires

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After a decade of strikeouts, Philly might actually ban plastic bags

Yes, you'll still be able to pick up dog poop.

Philly’s switch to burning half its recyclables gets some national coverage

They used to go to China, but are now incinerated, creating carcinogenic smog.

Illegal dumping service requests saw a marked increase from January 2015 through December 2018

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Germantown neighbors give up on city street cleaning and buy a trash truck

Two Northwest Philly nonprofits joined forces to start a litter pickup program.

Broke in Philly

This Germantown army veteran spends his days picking up litter around the neighborhood

A Philly Zoo rat is better at recycling than the rest of the city

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This Point Breeze corner looks like it could really use some street sweeping

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DYK: If you miss a curbside trash pickup, report to 311 after 7 p.m. and the city will collect next day