Citizen of The Week: Kadafi El-Kardah’s Drain Buddies
Germantowner Sumanya “Sumi” Narra is familiar with busted up storm drains. When it rains, she’s seen the drains…
Guest Commentary: Philly Trash Doesn’t Have to Burn in Chester
Philadelphia City Council has a chance in September to improve air quality, reduce environmental injustice, and move the…
Business for Good: Ray’s Reusables x Bennett Compost
When Ray Daly founded her low-waste, sustainable living home goods operation Ray’s Reusables out of a van in…
Integrity Icon 2026: Anthony Sweeney, Sanitation Superhero
Trash collectors are supposed to cart things away from your house — not show up with items to…
The City Knows How to Fix Our Trash Woes …
There’s glee in Maurice Sampson’s voice when he talks about the environmental movement in the 70s and 80s.…
Guest Commentary: The Trash Can Can
For years, I’ve been saying that Philadelphia doesn’t have a trash problem — it has a systems problem.…
Glitter Extends to More than Street Cleaning
Ninety-year-old Patricia Russell has lived in West Philly’s Carroll Park neighborhood for much of her life — and…