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Featured Stories

Graduate Hospital: Just Throw It In The Street

December 3, 2013

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo For the past three years straight, Philadelphia was named one of America’s dirtiest cities in Travel + Leisure magazine. Public trash

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South of South Street: Residents Talk Trash On The Lack Of Trash Cans

October 14, 2013

https://vine.co/v/hHElxm2bzmQ As new solar-powered trash cans replace the old wire ones in the Graduate Hospital area, residents continue to complain about the scarcity of places to throw out their waste while on-the-go. The new cans

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Kensington

Kensington: Where Can the Trash Go?

June 21, 2011

Trash is an issue every community has to deal with. Whether it be where to put it, how to get rid of it or who is in charge of it, there is plenty of room

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