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Municipal Government

Philly trash collection floundering from pandemic on, controller’s report says

November 11, 2021November 17, 2021
Rick Rickman

For ten years, the city averaged slightly more than 513,000 tons annually. In the wake of the pandemic, the total skyrocketed to over 617,000 tons. To top it off, sanitation workers are not immune to Covid-19. Mayor Jim Kenney said over the summer many trash collectors have been unable to work.
By Rick Rickman

The Environment

Grant Schmidt: Not even your trash is safe from ‘woke’ activists

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021
Grant Schmidt
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In Haverford Township, there is a group of activists who find our waste management process to be a violation of their nearly religious woke dogma. In fact, they want to end trash pickup entirely without even pretending to think up an alternative.
By Grant Schmidt

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