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By Alexis Abate

Posted Jun. 23, 2011

After the South of South Neighborhood Association raised the needed funds for two BigBelly trash cans, the City's Streets Department installed the receptacles at 23rd and Christian streets and 18th and Catharine streets two months ago.

Photo by Ryan Donnell

As pieces of paper and plastic bottles blow down the street with a gust of wind, it’s no wonder trash and litter have become two major neighborhood concerns. With an increase in recycling and the implementation of single streaming, improvements have been made, but more may be needed. 

When residents in the South of South Neighborhood Association catchment area, which spans the area from South Street to Washington Avenue and west of Broad Street, were surveyed last year, a vast percentage identified trash and litter as two challenges with about 70 percent requesting more trash and recycling receptacles, so

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