http://www.greenphillyblog.com Philadelphia's resource for environmental news, companies, events & recycling do's & don'ts Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:45:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/12/08/philadelphia-recycling-rewards-cash-in-rewards-for-curbside-efforts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philadelphia-recycling-rewards-cash-in-rewards-for-curbside-efforts http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/12/08/philadelphia-recycling-rewards-cash-in-rewards-for-curbside-efforts/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:06 +0000 Julie http://greenphillyblog.com/?p=3881 Introducing : Philadelphia Recycling Rewards Last week, Mayor Michael Nutter announced the Philadelphia Recycling Rewards program that will be citywide by July 2010. Philadelphia Recycling Rewards is a partnership between the Streets Department & RecycleBank that allows residents to earn points for discounts, full-value gift cards or charitable contributions at participating merchants and non-profits. Previous RecycleBank's partnerships have proven to increase recycling efforts & aid the local economy. According to Director of Sustainability Katherine Gajewski, this program is Philly's biggest Greenworks initiative to date in helping the City become the Greenest City in America. Philadelphia is now the largest City in the US to reward residents for recycling efforts. The program is anticipated to bring the City’s recycling diversion rate- the amount of recyclable materials that are diverted away from landfills—to record levels. $$ talks - Every ton of waste diverted from landfills saves the city about $65. City residents will be notified when Philadelphia Recycling Rewards will launch:

]]> http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/12/08/philadelphia-recycling-rewards-cash-in-rewards-for-curbside-efforts/feed/ 6 http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/10/21/green-event-round-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-event-round-up http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2009/10/21/green-event-round-up/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:31:38 +0000 Julie http://greenphillyblog.com/?p=3774 Need to get your green on to balance all the red Phillies Phever going around? (Interestingly enough, the city of Philly is removing Solar-powered trashcans from center city and temporarily replacing them in riot anticipation.) Upcoming Green Events in the Philly area include:

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