Recycling

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Here's how to recycle Christmas trees in Philly, from feeding them to goats to scheduling a pickup

Christmas Tree Recycling

Every Philly neighborhood to receive another deep clean by February

Philly cleanup schedule

Meet the company that recycled 150,000 pounds of cooking oil from Lincoln Financial Field last year

Filta cooking oil recycling

Philly sues Bimbo Bakeries, S.C. Johnson & Sons for falsely marketing their packaging as recyclable

Unsure where to donate unwanted stuff in Philly? This website helps people find the right places based on their items

Donate Items Philly

Dinosaurs, goats and zoo lights: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide Jan 3-5

Instead of putting your Christmas tree out on trash day, you can recycle it at these locations

Christmas Tree recycling Philadelphia

How many Christmas trees can a few goats eat? More than you'd think

Philly Goat Project

With the election over, here's where to recycle campaign signs in the Philly area

Philly-area Coke bottler forgoes plastic bottle carriers in favor of recyclable cardboard

liberty coca-cola carrier

Your guide to recycling clothing, makeup, electronics, batteries and more in Philly

Philadelphia recycling

Here's where in the Philly region you can donate your eclipse glasses

Philadelphia Zoo to display huge troll sculptures made from salvaged wood

Thomas Dambo trolls

There are many places to recycle Christmas trees in Philadelphia, including the Philly Goat Project

Recycle Christmas Philly

Enormous troll sculpture promoting conservation to appear in New Jersey this month

thomas dambo sculpture.jpg

Sephora adds recycling bins for empty beauty products at U.S. stores

Environmental coalition wants Philly's mayoral candidates to pledge to make the city litter free by 2028

dumping littering philly

Recycle your Christmas tree at the Philly Goat Project or these city locations

Philly Christmas Tree Recycling Goats

With the election over, here's how to recycle campaign yard signs

Eagles add two reverse vending machines to incentivize recycling at the Linc

Eagles Reverse Vending Machines

Philadelphia music shops are celebrating Earth Day by recycling used instrument strings

D'Addario String Recycling

Trash pick-up delays expected in Philly over coming weeks due to COVID-19 absences

Philly trash delays

Feeding your Christmas tree to goats and other ways to recycle those holiday evergreens

Christmas tree recycling Philly

Bok Building's newest tenant, Fabscrap, brings textile recycling hub to Philly

FABSCRAP Philly Main

Schuylkill River to continue flooding through Thursday, Philly officials say

Philadelphia flooding Ida

You can donate your old jeans to Anthropologie in Chester County

upcycle denim with Anthropologie

Where to recycle your Christmas tree in Philadelphia

Philly Christmas tree recycling

Trash, recycling collections to be delayed across Philly this week due to Columbus Day

philly trash recycling collections columbus day

Philly to launch maps app that tracks trash, recycling collection

Philly trash app

Trash, recycling collections delayed by one day across Philly due to Labor Day

trash recycling collections philly labor day

Trash, recycling collection expected to operate on regular schedule this week

Philly trash recycling collections

Upper Darby resumes recycling pickup after COVID-19 outbreak among sanitation workers

Upper Darby COVID-19 Sanitation Workers

Trash, recycling collection will continue to be delayed in Philly this week

philly trash recycling

Philadelphia trash, recycling collections operating a day late this week, Streets Department says

Philly trash recycling collections

Philly suspends recycling collection as Tropical Storm Isaias heads north

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

COVID-19 cases, hot weather to blame for Philly's trash backup, Kenney says

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

Philly launches pickup recycling service for clothing, electronics

Retrievr Recycling Philly

Philly's recycling collection shifts to new schedule during coronavirus pandemic

Trash Philly Coronavirus

How and where to recycle your Christmas tree in Philly

Tree Philly Recycling

Here's what to do with your Halloween pumpkins on Nov. 1

pumpkins recycling

Pottstown is first in U.S. to test curbside recycling of bubble wrap, grocery bags, shrink wrap, more

RFlex recycling

Streets Department

Philly discontinuing recycling rewards program amid rising market costs

Philadelphia Recycling Bins

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