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 […]
Category: Plastic
Philly’s plastic bag ban is working, but we can do better
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 […]
Microplastics Pervasive in Waters Adjacent to Delaware River’s Population Centers
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 […]
Small Actions Spark Big Changes
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 […]
What you need to know about the Philadelphia plastic bag ban
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 | […]
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 […]
30 Days to Cleaner Streets — Final Results
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 […]
Great News for Recycling in Cheltenham!
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 […]
Great News for Recycling in Philadelphia!
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 […]
Gasland
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. […]
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. […]
Captain Charles Moore on The Late Show
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 […]
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, […]
Mexico City Bans Plastic Bags
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 […]
Australian Town Bans Bottled Water Sales
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 […]