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A muddy army of volunteers helps clean up Philly’s biggest tire dump

Some 200 volunteers converged in Tacony Creek Park Saturday morning to help clean up thousands of used tires. One by one, they dug into the tire dump, sloshing stagnant water all over their pants.

City workers and volunteers working together to move dumped tires towards the garbage trucks for the Philly Spring Cleanup at Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, April 5, 2025
City workers and volunteers working together to move dumped tires towards the garbage trucks for the Philly Spring Cleanup at Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, April 5, 2025Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer
    by Jason Nark
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