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Philly stops fining businesses for leaving unwanted menus and circulars at homes

In past years, the city would dole out as many as 850 fines for $100 annually, but officials have issued just one handbill-related fine so far in 2022.

Ashley Nilan sits on her front steps - with a circular - in Kensington July 20, 2022. She is aware of a city program where Philadelphia residents can opt out of deliveries of unwanted handbills by registering with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections, but says “we’re worried that we won’t get any of the flyers with news regarding the neighborhood meetings and such. So we just take all the flyers, and throw them in the recycling.”
Ashley Nilan sits on her front steps - with a circular - in Kensington July 20, 2022. She is aware of a city program where Philadelphia residents can opt out of deliveries of unwanted handbills by registering with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections, but says “we’re worried that we won’t get any of the flyers with news regarding the neighborhood meetings and such. So we just take all the flyers, and throw them in the recycling.”Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Max Marin
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