While Philadelphia generally seems to know as much about recycling as Mr. Burns did in a fateful Simpsons episode, yesterday’s Earth Day gave them a chance to introduce single-stream recycling to 150,000 households in North and Northeast Philly. As a handy Inquirer graphic shows us, that’s on top of similar expansions in March and last summer, plus pending ones next month — in NoLibs, Frankford, Kensington, Logan, Olney, and East Oak Lane — and in the Northwest this summer. “Single-stream,” of course, refers to an omnivorous approach to recycling — paper, cardboard, glass, plastic bottles, and tin and aluminum all mixed together at long last — but the city seems awfully happy with itself, considering how hard it’s historically been for so many neighborhoods to recycle, say, A SINGLE PLASTIC MILK JUG. Also, the city’s been alternately a tease and an ice princess when it comes to RecycleBank, the company that offers coupons to people for recycling more. Perhaps that just makes too much sense.
Inky: Single-Stream ‘Em If Ya Got ‘Em

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm.