Philly patriotism involves freedom, garbage

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The patriotic spirit of the season has inspired the Philadelphia Recycling Office and its ad shop, LevLane. They’ve declared Monday, July 7, to be “BINdependence Day” (could nobody stop them?), celebrating the launch of a citywide program under which residents will be “free” to put all recyclables into one bin, instead of spending an extra five minutes sorting them. The Founding Fathers would be proud. The campaign is themed, “All together now.” That’s a phrase associated with the Beatles, who were Brits, so the tagline can be viewed as an ironic jab at our pals across the pond who opposed U.S.

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