Twice-a-Week Trash Collection in South Philadelphia and Center City

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced another significant step toward making Philadelphia the Safest, Cleanest, and Greenest big City in the nation with the launch of the Twice-Weekly Trash Collection Program. This effort, developed in partnership with the Office of Clean and Green Initiatives and the Department of Sanitation, aims to enhance waste management and improve neighborhood cleanliness across the City.

Phase I of the program officially launched on Monday, December 2, 2024, and will serve residents within the boundaries of Callowhill Street to Pattison Avenue, between the Schuylkill Expressway (30th Street) and Delaware Avenue. Phase 2 of the program will expand to more areas in Fall 2025.

"We are continuing to expand Clean and Green initiatives thanks to intergovernmental and interagency collaboration," stated Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. "Under the tremendous leadership of Director Carlton Williams and Sanitation Commissioner Crystal Jacobs Shipman, the City has cleaned almost 40,000 city blocks and neighborhood commercial corridors, and that number continues to grow daily. We will not stop until we've gotten rid of the filthy moniker 'Filthadelphia' once and for all!"