bpousley t1_jdet3fh wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Reply to comment by tough_ledi in Philadelphia pulls out of community litter cleanup program, Glitter by Easy-Reading

We've certainly considered it. But we prefer to keep fewer trucks on the road, keep costs low, and hold the city responsible for the litter and trash caused by their lack of good services.

But it's definitely an option!

LowPermission9 t1_jdhekvc wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:38 PM

This really should be the responsibility of the businesses that generate so much trash with their disposable packaging. Many municipalities cannot keep up with the mountains of trash generated every single day. I agree that sanitation should be a public service, but it’s not the city that is generating all of the garbage.

tough_ledi t1_jdhtk36 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:29 PM

The article states that businesses that generate a certain amount of trash must pay for a private company to collect their trash, and that the city does not do it for them.

LowPermission9 t1_jdhtte5 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Great!

tough_ledi t1_jdexb4k wrote on March 23, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Hmm. I doubt that a few additional trucks would make that big of a difference to anything in Philly or really anywhere in America. I also think that maybe then the org should just go into lobbying, if it's really just about holding the city accountable. There is a creative solution here that involves not having the contracts of city (& tax payer funded) unionized workers' contracts violated, whilst also not creating a culture war of for-profit private organizations pitted against the city government.