While the pilot program has been launched for three months, philadelphia residents have yet to see how sustainable twice-a-week pickups will be for their neighborhoods. Residents are reminded that mixing recycling with trash during the second collection is prohibited, and fines will be issued if recycling materials are found in set-out trash. The delay is caused in part by a. · philadelphia residents can use this interactive map to see when trash pick up is scheduled in their neighborhood. · after fielding several complaints from philadelphia residents about missed recycling pickup, the sanitation department said it is running behind schedule. · it has been five years since the pandemic disrupted philadelphia ’ s recycling program, leading to service delays that stretched on for weeks and consigning the contents of so many blue bins into trash trucks headed for the landfill. The city, a community group and a local recycling business are joining. · the mayor’s pilot program adding another trash day in center city and south philly was meant to reduce litter — but some residents say the problem has only gotten worse. · recycling services will remain once a week, with recyclables collected on the first collection day of the week only. Councilmember anthony phillips, who represents parts of northwest and northeast philadelphia , said last week recycling was behind in his district but this week he is expecting an improvement. · after seeing improvements in illegal dumping, the city is expanding its twice-weekly trash pickup to north philadelphia.

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