Philadelphia Grapples with Environmental Challenges: Waste, Flooding, and Recycling
Despite efforts, illegal tire dumping worsens while a potential solution to Eastwick's flooding issue emerges.
- Ray Daly, the founding owner of Ray’s Reusables, is on a mission to promote zero waste.
- Despite the city's efforts to curb illegal tire dumping, the problem has worsened over the past five years.
- The plastic bag ban in Philadelphia has significantly altered both business and consumer behavior, despite its imperfections.
- A potential solution to the decades-long major flooding issue in Eastwick is being discussed, involving numerous stakeholders in Philadelphia and Delaware County.
- A tech business in West Grove is innovating in electronic recycling and has built its own microgrid.
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