The Pedal Co-Op: Cycling and Recycling

Biking is a primary means of transport for many people in Philadelphia. The Pedal Co-Op tries to promote the use of bicycles for business rather than always relying on trucks. The Pedal Co-Op is a worker run organization that offers an alternative recycling and compost hauling service to businesses in Philadelphia. Using trailers attached to the back of bicycles, riders for the Pedal Co-Op haul recyclables to Blue Mountain Recycling and compost to local gardens. Philadelphia uses a fleet of 200 diesel trucks for waste removal. Emissions from diesel trucks contain carcinogens and contribute to smog, acid rain, and global climate change. They also consume large amounts of fuel, averaging only 3 miles per gallon and do damage to roads in the city. Bikes provide a low impact alternative that reduces damage to roads, harmful emissions released into the atmosphere, and dependence on diesel fuel.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Pedal Co-Op
• Cycling and Recycling
• recycle
• bicycle
• bike
• biking
• cycling
• social change
• diesel
• emissions
• waste management
• waste removal
• green
• environment
• environmental
• Philadelphia
• city
• urban

[corollajunky]

Ouch at 1:56! (watch the driver fold back his bumper)

Keep up the good work!

[justicerobbie67]

i wonder  if they have kick stands on there workbikes ?

so they dont have too lay the bike on the ground.

[justicerobbie67]

you serve the NORTHEAST we serve  THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

in washington state, msrl bike trucking service,

[justicerobbie67]

great job pedel people inc, from msrl bike trucking service inc.

[0357058adam]

i would so do this