Topic: Trash and Litter

The Mayor’s new street sweeping pilot may cause more pollution in our already polluted city. Is this really a solution worth celebrating?

Studies show that cleaner and greener neighborhoods lead to lower violence. WURD’s afternoon host urges city leaders to act like it

The Lafayette Hill resident saw two problems he wanted to address in Philly: Litter and homelessness. He launched City Bright to help with both

As it turns out, the moniker "Filthadelphia" stretches all the way back to the 1900s. CitizenCast takes a look back at our storied history of keeping—or not—Philadelphia streets clean

The Point Breeze resident could have just cleaned the litter on her small block. Instead, she launched a community effort for the whole neighborhood.

The city is set to launch a digital tool to catalog the enormity of trash in Philadelphia, as part of a larger movement to reduce waste. Will it finally fix the litter problem?

Getting free condoms, calling City Council, complaining to SEPTA and more

Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates

An Albuquerque program pays panhandlers to clean up city trash—and gets them needed help.

A London nonprofit adopts a filthy city street to find ways to discourage litter—and succeeds.