Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Goodbye Filthadelphia

Apparently Philly's big Spring Cleaning was a huge success.

The Cleanup was the largest single day, citywide clean-up event on record in the United States.

* 2.56 million pounds of trash were collected
* Estimated 15,000 volunteers
* 186 abandoned cars removed from the streets
* 65,600 biodegradable paper trash bags were used
* 14,050 biodegradable paper recycling bags were used
* 17, 269 pairs of gloves
* 9,804 brooms