The summer initiative to clean every block in Philadelphia may be the jump start we need to finally get our city cleaned up for good.
Philadelphia has a big problem with litter and illegal dumping, writes Helen Ubiñas, but there's reason to be optimistic that things may finally change with the city's new beautification program.The ambitious plan had already gotten my attention when Parker first announced it last month. But on Thursday, I found myself uncharacteristically giddy as I watched crews at work around North Philadelphia.
Leaf blowers are not my favorite litter-fighting tool. They’re noisy and smelly and kick up way too much dirt, but still, they were music to my ears.I should explain what may read like a slightly unhealthy obsession with trash. We have a problem — a big one — with litter and illegal dumping, and abandoned cars, and abandoned properties, and potholes, and all sorts of basic quality-of-life issues that make living in a city as mostly great as Philly more challenging than it should be.
But, lucky us, we have a not-so-secret weapon in the war against trash — although it’s not the one city officials think it is.in May, Parker introduced her “Clean and Green Cabinet,” a committee of 38 city officials, agency heads, community organizers, and private-sector leaders responsible for researching and developing methods and policies to clean the city this summer and beyond.
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