Last Thursday, Philadelphia’s Office of the Controller released a report on a topic that Philadelphians have become all too familiar with during the pandemic—the Streets Department’s chronic delays in picking up trash and recycling. The report highlights systemic delays in trash pickups that existed …
Reports
A Just Transition Needs a Circular Economy
This past Monday, President Biden represented the United States at the UN Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. His presence was a major difference from just a year ago when the White House was occupied by a man who claimed that climate change was a hoax perpetrated …
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Provides Circular Post-COVID Recovery Strategy
At Circular Philadelphia, we know that now is the time to transform the local and regional economy from a linear make-take-trash model to a circular model based on reuse and waste reduction right here in Philadelphia. However, we also know that we need to look beyond Philadelphia to see what …