Philadelphia is beginning twice-weekly trash pickup in South Philly and Center City this week, part of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s first-year priority of making Philadelphia a cleaner city. “This is what residents can see,

Philadelphia's Mayor Parker has launched a plan to increase garbage pick-up to twice a week in South Philadelphia and Center City to address waste challenges.

Starting Monday, sanitation workers will pick up trash twice a week in Center City and South.​ Here's what residents should know.

People getting the extra service live in the area bounded by Callowhill Street to the north, Pattison Avenue to the south, the Delaware River to the east and Schuylkill River to the west.