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  • Sanitation solutions: How giving people trash bins made Baltimore cleaner

    Meir Rinde

    October 20, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore’s green bin program shows there are relatively simple steps cities can take to tangibly improve the cleanliness of neighborhoods. The solution is also working in Philadelphia, through which people who live in the city are lidded trash cans and bins to store their garbage.

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  • Sanitation Solutions: How hidden cameras became Philly's fiercest weapon in the war on dumping

    Meir Rinde

    October 19, 2021 |

    WHYY |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia has 300 surveillance cameras and, increasingly, sees them as central to its strategy of holding individuals accountable for illegal dumping. This has led to empty lots remaining garbage free, and setting examples of those who are caught and prosecuted.

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  • Sanitation Solutions: When the city let them down, Philly rose up — with orange trash cans

    Meir Rinde

    October 18, 2021 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A Philadelphia-based program called I Love Thy Hood's stepped up to help attack the city's dirty streets problem. Fueled entirely by volunteer efforts, the program has placed more than 106 cans on blocks around the city and collected over 100,000 pounds of trash.

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