It’s Plastic Free July: Small Actions Spark Big Changes
This blog has been adapted from the Academy of Natural Sciences website. July 2020: Reduce Plastic Use 40 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic It’s Plastic Free July, and millions of […]
Category: Bottled Water
Using Less Water: A How-to Guide
By Mary Alice Hartsock, with contributions by Stef Kroll and Marie Kurz Re-posted with permission from The Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University It seems like water is all […]
Recycling 101
Recycling 101 This blog was written by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photos and text by Mike Servedio. In January 2019, we learned that over 50% of […]
Despite the heat, Water Treatment Tour is still cool!
On Friday June 29, Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) educator Dottie Baumgarten hosted a tour of the Belmont Water Treatment Plant and the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (aka the sewage […]
Blue Gold: World Water Wars; All Hope is Not Lost
I have to title this blog post about Blue Gold: World Water Wars with an uplifting message because I have to keep reminding myself not to lose hope. Wars are […]
Tapped–Why No One Should Bother With Bottled Water
After watching Tapped, I’m really glad I’ve stopped buying bottled water. The very beginning introduced me to the term “water mining.” Mining typically has negative connotations—and mining water is no […]
Drinking Water Quality Report
Every year in April the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) releases the previous years’ drinking water quality report to let consumers know what is happening with local and national drinking water […]
State money for Bottled Water?
TTF, the PWD and other advocacy groups in Philadelphia work hard to keep our drinking water clean and healthy for citizens to use, so that you don’t have to spend […]
Plastics Recycling in Philadelphia
Here at TTF, we talk a lot about how recycling can help to protect our waterways. Our Ethical Electronics Recycling Events help keep dangerous chemicals from electronics from leaching into […]
The Story of Bottled Water
We’ve been thinking a lot about bottled water lately. Sometimes, when we talk about the major problem with pollution in our streams and rivers, people think that means we shouldn’t […]
Tap into Tap Water
Here at TTF we do talk a lot about how dirty our local waterways are due to pollution from stormwater runoff, illegal dumping, and litter to name a few things. […]
Plastic in our Oceans
This New York Times article shows how much damage we’ve done to our oceans. From the article: Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each […]
Tapped
Check out the trailer for the new documentary, Tapped, which casts a critical eye on the bottled water industry. The film begins with this depressing statement: By the year 2030, […]