Philly DC 33 strike: Where to drop off your trash and recycling
Philadelphia set up over 60 drop-off sites for residents to bring their garbage as collection workers strike.
Thousands of city workers in Philadelphia went on strike shortly after midnight Tuesday, a move that threatens to disrupt a number of municipal services.
One service already being affected by AFSCME District Council 33’s strike is garbage and recycling collection.
Even before workers hit the picket line, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced trash collection would be put on hold and called on residents not to place their garbage on the sidewalk for curbside collection.
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Instead, residents are being asked to bring their garbage to one of 61 drop-off sites the city had set up in preparation for Tuesday’s strike. There are also six sanitation convenience centers, which will be open daily from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m.
The city says residents can bring up to eight bags of trash on their given collection day to a drop-off site, which will be open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m.
“This is extremely important,” Carlton Williams, director of the Philadelphia Office of Clean and Green, said at a news conference Monday. “We cannot be overwhelmed with the amount of trash at each site by bringing it on any day.”
As for recycling, the city is asking residents to hold their recyclable materials “as long as possible” due to the strike. Recyclable materials must be brought to one of the city’s sanitation convenience centers.
Here is a map of the garbage drop-off sites. The city also has a tool to help find the nearest drop-off site:
Here is a full list of the sites provided by the city:
77th Street and Dickens Avenue, 19153
67th Street and Chester Avenue, 19142
15th and Bigler Streets, 19145
10th and Bigler Streets, 19148
Fourth Street and Oregon Avenue, 19148
Broad Street and Snyder Avenue, 19145
26th Street and Snyder Avenue, 19145
Peltz Street and Grays Ferry Avenue, 19146
South Water Street and Washington Avenue, 19147
South Front and Carpenter Streets, 19147
18th and Catharine Streets, 19146
25th and Spruce Streets, 19103
50th and Locust Streets, 19139
Paxon and Market Streets, 19139
Ruby and Market Streets, 19139
4301 Fairmount Ave., 19104
5000 Wyalusing Ave., 19131
50th and Jefferson Streets, 19131
60th Street and West Columbia Avenue, 19151
54th Street and Overbrook Avenue, 19131
19th and Wylie Streets, 19130
Eighth and Master Streets, 19122
24th Street and West Sedgley Avenue, 19132
2300 North Croskey Street, 19132
20th and West York Streets, 19132
1100 W. York St., 19133
2400 N. Sixth St., 19133
2200 E. Rush St., 19134
Richmond Street and East Indiana Avenue, 19134
C Street and East Allegheny Avenue, 19134
Richmond and Buckius Streets, 19137
6301 N. Second St., 19126
3000 N. 27th St., 19132
4868 Ridge Ave., 19129
Midvale and Henry Avenues, 19129
4431 Clarissa St., 19140
10th and West Courtland Streets, 19140
11th and West Loudon Streets, 19141
Queen Lane and Germantown Avenue, 19144
6201 Germantown Ave., 19144
900 Grakyn Lane, 19128
100 E. Mermaid Lane, 19118
6100 Ardleigh St., 19138
1400 E. Tulpehocken St., 19138
8500 Pickering Ave., 19150
10th Street and West Chew Avenue, 19141
Third Street and West 65th Avenue, 19126
Langdon Street and Devereaux Avenue, 19149
B Street and East Olney Avenue, 19120
Castor Avenue and Foulkrod Street, 19124
1501 E. Bristol St., 19124
Keystone Street and Unruh Avenue, 19135
Princeton Avenue and Hawthorne Street, 19149
Frankford Avenue and Comly Street, 19135
2950 Ryan Ave., 19152
Calera and Red Lion Roads, 19154
Rockwell Avenue and Ridgeway Street, 19111
9800 Blue Grass Rd., 19114
Northeast Boulevard and Gorman Street, 19116
Pine Road and Shady Lane, 19111
Byberry Road and Kelvin Avenue, 19116