Resources

We aim to make recycling and community beautification as easy as possible. Here’s our list of Philadelphia resources to help you connect with or enhance initiatives happening in your community.

Access Keep Philadelphia Beautiful’s Community Cleanup Resource Guide here.

Philadelphia Recycling & Sanitation Resources

• CleanPHL.org –> your one stop shop for all things Zero Waste + Litter in Philly! 
• Philadelphia Streets Department
• Philadelphia Streets Department Block Captain Program
• Sign up for the Philadelphia Recycling Rewards Program
• The Do’s and Don’ts of the Sanitation Division of the Streets Department
• Residential Recycling Information
• Commercial Recycling Information
• Business Recycling Toolkit
• Curbside Composting Pickup Services
• Recycling and Donation Resource Finder – City of Philadelphia  

City Government Links and Greening Initiatives 

• Philadelphia City Government
• Philadelphia City Council
• Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
• Community Life Improvement Programs
• Philadelphia Planning Commission Citizen’s Planning Institute
• Philadelphia Parks & Recreation TreePhilly Campaign
• Treekeepers and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (Check out other PHS programs here!)
• Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters Plan and Rain Check program
• Philadelphia Association of CDCs
• Committee of 70 (Find your elected officials & voting information)
• List of Registered Community Organizations (RCOs) – read all about RCOs here
• Young Involved Philadelphia Citizen’s Guide

Key Twitter Accounts

• Key Government Twitter Accounts
• Key Philly Community Based Twitter Accounts

(Just some!) Philadelphia News

• Philly.com
• CBS Philly / KYW
• PlanPhilly
• Grid Magazine
• Flying Kite Media
• Hidden City Philadelphia
• Philly Magazine
• Philadelphia Neighborhoods
• Next City
• Generocity.org
• Newsworks / WHYY
• Philadelphia Weekly
• Billy Penn

Green News

• Mother Nature Network
• TreeHugger
• TriplePundit
• Earth911
• Huffington Post Green
• Recyclebank EcoLibrary

Keep America Beautiful 

• Programs
• Litter Research
• Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
• Waste in Place Environmental Education Resources
• I Want to Be Recycled Campaign
• America Recycles Day Tools & Resources

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 

• 2020 The Cost of Litter & Illegal Dumping in Pennsylvania – A Study of Nine Cities Across the Commonwealth (Full Report)
• Keep Pennsylvania 10 Year Study on Illegal Dumping
• Educational Resources
• eWastePA.org
• IllegalDumpFreePA.org