Experts say one of the biggest issues facing neighborhoods around Southwest Philadelphia is trash.
Thousands of volunteers spread out across Philadelphia on Saturday for the 16th annual Philly Spring Cleanup, an initiative that has helped remove millions of pounds of trash from the city.He says one of the biggest issues facing the neighborhood around 81st and Suffolk in Southwest Philadelphia is trash.
The vacant lot his group was focused on has become a notorious illegal dumping ground, where the street is littered with discarded coffee cups and old tires that may outnumber the weeds. Williams and other city officials visited the Southwest Philadelphia lot, one of 600 spots across the city where volunteers were picking up trash.
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