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#200 January 2026/Featured/Recycling

Philadelphia takes on companies over alleged deceptive plastic recycling claims

This story was originally published by The New Lede. When Philadelphia filed a lawsuit in September 2025 alleging two prominent companies were engaged in a “coordinated campaign of deception” regarding the recyclability of their plastic film products, the City joined a growing group of state and local governments hoping litigation can help stem a rising

January 1, 2026

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#014 May 2010/Bicycling/Circular Economy/Recycling/transportation

Bikes: Along for the Ride with Andy Dyson

In a new column, Julie Lorch pedals along with notable members of Philly's bicycle community on a route of their choice. They ride, they chat, she reports back.
I met Andy Dyson at St. Mary’s Church, Neighborhood Bike Works’ (NBW) headquarters at 3916 Locust Walk. Director of the organization since 2002, Dyson spends his days surrounded

April 7, 2010

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#013 April 2010/Circular Economy/Recycling

Profile: You’re a Green One

March 9, 2010

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#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Cooking/Farming/Food/Green Building/Recycling

From the Editor: Philly to Farm

"There are so many opportunities. We wish we were 20 years younger,” Paul Crivellaro mused, sitting across the kitchen table from his wife Ember in their Berks County home. It was a cold, gray December day and the Crivellaros had invited me in for coffee and cookies after a short meet-and-greet with their herd of

February 20, 2010

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#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Design/Green Building/Recycling

Cover Story: Second Life

A recently-renovated Glenside home showcases salvage's potentialWhen her family moved from Paoli to Glenside, Fran Crotty knew she wanted to do a green remodel using as much salvaged material as possible. It was also essential that the renovation blend in with the historic character of the home.

February 20, 2010

1 min read

#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Food/gardening/GridPhilly/Recycling/Water

Intersections: Flower Power

This year’s Philadelphia International Flower Show features several green exhibitions.
The 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show will showcase not only beautiful flowers and horticultural achievements, but also innovative green projects. It’s fitting, since the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) funnels $1 million in Flower Show revenue into their Philadelphia Green urban revitalization program. Philadelphia

February 20, 2010

1 min read

#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Guides/Recycling

Recycling Challenge

The Challenge: Scrapping A Large Household Appliance

February 20, 2010

1 min read

#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Design/Green Building/Recycling

Noble Salvage: Lost and Found

A local architectural salvage company finds value in the discarded.

Walking into Provenance Old Soul Architectural Salvage’s Fairmount Avenue space is a bit like entering the world of a children’s book—the sort with creaky doors and hidden passages to menacing places. The best kind. There is a strange sort of magic to old things, to objects that have

February 20, 2010

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#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Design/Recycling

Noble Salvage: Wood Works

Two local businesses turn trash into tables.

A few years ago, two friends started filling up their homes with what most of us would consider trash. At the time, neither one of them even had a reason for spending most of their spare time rummaging through various job sites and dumpsters for wood, much of it

February 20, 2010

2 mins read

#012 March 2010/Circular Economy/Design/Recycling

Noble Salvage: Light Show

Warren Muller turns the detritus of everyday life into something illuminating.

Look closely at one of Warren Muller’s spectacular light sculptures and you might spy some familiar items: old metal lunchboxes and canteens, colored glass vases and chipped teapots, tin funnels and candy molds, shovel handles and wire baskets. In Muller’s exuberantly creative version of recycling, cast-off objects

February 20, 2010

2 mins read

#011 February 2010/Circular Economy/Guides/Recycling

Recycling Challenge: Carpeting

Carpeting
The Issue: Getting rid of old carpet.

January 18, 2010

1 min read

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