Here’s are PowerPoint files of my talk at the July 26, 2018 Litter Index Community Training.
Tag Archives: Philadelphia litter
CleanPHL Litter Index Community Training
Posted in Phila Trash
Tagged Illegal Dumping, Phila Zero Waste & Litter, Philadelphia litter
Plastic Marine Debris – Wildlife Killer
EPA’s National Trash Free Waters Program is described in this PDF (link)
Posted in Plastic Pollution
Tagged marine debris, Philadelpha stormwater trash, Philadelphia litter
ArcGIS Story Map of LA’s Clean Street Index
LA is using ArcMap, dashcam, GPS and cameras to develop detailed street cleanliness index. Click this link to see an interactive Story Map of this innovative use of GIS to tackle a pressing urban problem.
Cleanliness Indexes are available by 39,915 street segment and are summarized into operational grids.
Philadelphia, like LA, has a serious street trash problem. We need to dramatically improve our street cleanliness efforts. Following LA’s Clean Streets Index would be an excellent start for the Mayor’s Zero Waste & Litter Cabinet.
Posted in GIS
Tagged Illegal Dumping, Phila Zero Waste & Litter, Philadelphia litter
Philadelphia’s 311 Data Shows That Philadelphians Hate Street Trash
Slide show on how we can use Philadelphia’s OpenDataPhilly 311 data to understand and solve our street trash problem.
Trash and Microplastics in the Delaware Estuary
The DRBC’s Monitoring Advisory Coordinating Committee (MACC) and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary held their annual joint meeting on Tuesday, March 8.
I presented this slide show at the meeting to encourage DRBC and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to begin to address plastic trash as a serious water quality challenge for the Delaware Estuary.
The presentation pdf is here
Posted in Plastic Pollution
History of Philadelphia’s Plastic Litter Battle
The Schuylkill Navy Rivers Stewards Committee held a Street Litter – River Trash workshop on 11/19/15 that included representatives from the with Philadelpha’s Streets-Water-Parks & Recreation Departments as well a number of other groups.
I presented a talk on the history of Philadelphia’s plastic litter. Here are links pdf and PowerPoint copies of my talk.
Water Pollution Stages of Philadelphia’s Plastic Litter
Have you wondered what happens to Philadelphia’s plastic litter? This pdf shows the water pollution stages of Philadelphia’s plastic litter. here is a slideshow of a recent talk.
You can download a pdf of this talk here.
Posted in Plastic Pollution
