Abington & Cheltenham: Watershed Communities Say No to Plastic
By Julie Slavet, Executive Director Whatever is on the land is in the water. We remove lots of plastic bags from our streets, trees, and creeks. Plastics production adds to […]
By Julie Slavet, Executive Director Whatever is on the land is in the water. We remove lots of plastic bags from our streets, trees, and creeks. Plastics production adds to […]
This op-ed is reposted. Find the original Inquirer piece here. The city of Philadelphia released a report last month evaluating Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban — which went into effect on […]
This blog is a repost from the Delaware River Basin Commission. View the original press release here. Microplastics Pervasive in Waters Adjacent to Delaware River’s Population Centers Delaware River Basin […]
This guest blog is a repost from the Academy of Natural Sciences. You can find the original post here. You can make our planet more sustainable At the Academy of […]
This blog is a repost from the City of Philadelphia. Access the original post here. What you need to know about the City’s plastic bag ban June 23, 2021 | […]
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 […]
November is over and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results from our 30 Days to Cleaner Streets campaign! In fact, we had so much fun leading this campaign […]
We just wrote about how Philadelphia expanded its recycling program to include plastics #1-7. Now Cheltenham has done the same! Cheltenham residents can now recycle all plastics except for plastic […]
As of August 1, Philadelphia residents can recycle plastics #1-7! From the Philadelphia Streets Department Website: Recycle All Plastic Containers! You’ve been recycling plastic containers marked: #1: Soda, water bottles […]
Last night, Ashley and I caught a screening of Gasland, a film that explores natural gas drilling and its effect on water quality, air quality and human and animal health. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Captain Charles Moore appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman earlier this week. Moore is the first person to document the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a gigantic gyre of […]
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 […]
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, […]
From the article: Mexico City becomes the second large metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere to outlaw the bags. San Francisco in March 2007 enacted an ordinance that gave supermarkets […]
While Philadelphia is still struggling with the issue of plastic bags, the Australian town of Bundanoon recently took the bold environmental stance of banning the sale of bottled water(article no […]