Tag: Mayor Nutter
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:
Continue December 8, 2009
Exciting green advancements have been happening in Philadelphia.
As many have likely heard, there’s been an increase in tree-planting efforts in Northern Liberties and greening Philly. Greenworks Philadelphia has been unveiled!
Recently, Mayor Michael Nutter announced that he’s going to make Philadelphia the Greenest city in America by 2015 – a very admirable goal. “E” Goals in 5 areas – Energy, Environment, Equity, Economy and Engagement have over 100 initiatives for Philadelphia’s well being.
Some of the initiatives include:
Continue June 2, 2009
Spring has been very busy for the Green community in Philly – Here are a couple of events in the next week:
Want to help a local school win a Hybrid bus & become America’s Greenest School?
- Our Lady of Sacred Heart (OLSH) has received a Green Power Award for a Gold LEED renovationof their school including solar panels on the roof, conserving water in bathrooms and planting native plants on the school site. Next, they’re hoping to achieve the title of America’s Greenest School. Vote online for Brianna, age 18, on America’s Greenest School websiteuntil May 17th.
Thirsty ?
Continue May 14, 2009
A positive change is in effect for Philadelphia’s recycling program – Philadelphia residents can now recycle every week on the same day as their neighborhood trash collection day.
This change is much more convenient for Philly dwellers. Gone are the days of trying to remember what two weeks of the month recycling pick-up falls on.
Mayor Nutter’s administration’s new policy is an indication that they’ve held true to their vow to improve Philadelphia’s recycling. Since the introduction of city-wide single-stream recycling last summer, Philly’s recycling rate has gone from about 6 to 10 %. Though we have a long way before being on par with other big city’s recycling programs, progress is being made.
Not sure what day is your trash/recycling pick-up is?
Continue January 12, 2009
If you haven’t already, you NEED to vote today!
A record number of people have registered this year, and a huge number voted in the primary. However, regardless of the number of people who you see that say they’ve voted, your vote still matters.
My “voting history” began with my vote for Ross Perot (My dad brought me into the voting booth with him growing up, so I was able to cast a vote at age 9 and be a part of the process.) I’ve always voted in every election I could.
I’ve attended a few political rallies, including last night for a Joe Biden rally in South Philly. Mayor Nutter, 
Governor Ed Rendell, World Series champ Jimmy Rollins, and Jill & Joe Biden all spoke.
Continue November 4, 2008
2 Million people (including me) ditched work or school Friday to celebrate the Phillies World Series win with a parade through our city of brotherly love. 
(Also explaining our lack of posts last week…)
This Phillies win did indeed bring out the love in Philadelphia. I was lucky enough to go to Game 5 (parts 1 and 2) – the winning game of the series. I felt the brotherly (and sisterly) love like never before as I was hugged by strangers in celebration of this HUGE win. It was the most perceptible outpouring of our city “slogan” I’ve ever felt.
Continue November 3, 2008
Introducing : Philadelphia Recycling Rewards
