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Philly to start taking foam. This afternoon, Philadelphia is launching a foam recycling pilot project. It's one of many events being timed to America Recycles Day, which is today. Meanwhile, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful is launching a plastic bag recycling campaign. Also, the Philadelphia Eagles and Philly- based SCA will announce the winners of a school recycling contest. For info on both of these, see below.
Back to the foam: Over the last several years, Philadelphia has been gradually increasing its recycling opportunities, going to weekly pick- ups, single- stream (rather than asking residents to sort items), and adding numbers 1- 7 plastics. But the hang- up has still been foam - - No. When collected and recycled, the foam can be remade into picture frames, crown moldings, office products, nursery plant containers and other products. Today, the Streets Department is announcing that foam can be dropped off at Northeast Sanitation Convenience Center located at State Road and Ashburner Street. So no curbside pick- up just yet. But I can just see the neighborhood recycling advocates going into overdrive, organizing community collections. Businesses also can participate.
With our curbside program, you simply set your recyclables at the curb on recycling day and you're done. Our single-stream recycling programs, available in many communities, make it even easier.
The program . For more information, contact the Streets Department’s Customer Affairs Unit at 2. Streets. Keep Philadelphia Beautiful Campaign: Today, KPB is launching . This includes dry- cleaner bags, bread bags, newspaper bags. If it crackles when you crinkle it, no go. Peter's School, 3rd & Lombard, the 3rd grade taught by Laura Bahnck. A national study: At a recycling day event in D. C., Sen. Tom Carper (D- DE), a representative from the office of U.
S. Frank Pallone (D- NJ) and a panel of environmental, labor and other leaders discussed a report that said a 7. The report, “More Jobs, Less Pollution” from the Tellus Institute and was prepared for the Blue. Green Alliance, SEIU, NRDC, Teamsters, Recycling Works!, and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). According to a press release, it found that a 7. CO2 emissions by 2. Philadelphia’s residents with innovative recycling programs and divert as much waste as possible from our landfills,” said Commissioner Tolson.
We are so excited about this program that for the first time we are allowing local businesses to participate. Along with residents, businesses are able to drop off their foam materials at the Northeast Sanitation Convenience Center to be recycled.”.