Collective of Active Drug Users remove over 70,000 syringes from Philadelphia Streets

This data below is taken from the Syringe Clean Up Project started in the Kensington area of Philadelphia, PA. The project, which ran from 3/18/18-3/21/20, was completely volunteer based all of whom were active drug users of all kinds.

This purpose of this project was to remove thousands of extremely hazardous syringes from low-income areas, commonly overlooked by City of Philadelphia cleaning services.

Through observation , education, and participating in this action we were able to invalidate the city’s narratives surrounding drug users which undermines our humanity and autonomy to contribute to our society in a positive manner.

This project received no financial assistance from the City of Philadelphia in the effort to remove disease spreading syringes from multiple black and brown working class neighborhoods.

DateVolunteerSyringes Collected
3/18/18not-recorded250
3/27/18not-recorded400
04/01/18not-recorded300
04/08/18not-recorded300
4/13/18not-recorded400
4/20/18not-recorded200
4/29/18not-recorded400
05/05/18not-recorded200
5/12/18not-recorded400
5/20/18not-recorded700
5/26/18not-recorded1000
06/03/18not-recorded1000
06/09/18not-recorded800
6/30/182870
07/07/182317
7/28/182546
8/12/1821111
9/15/182712
9/29/182291
9/30/18not-recorded456
10/13/18not-recorded426
10/27/189511
11/09/1810425
11/11/1835510
11/12/183612
11/15/183311
11/17/183478
11/30/184778
12/30/187425
1/06/194449
1/07/193575
1/12/193150
1/19/19380
2/02/193137
2/03/193112
2/07/194210
2/13/195300
2/14/194271
2/15/19365
3/07/194171
3/11/193340
3/12/194270
3/13/19not-recorded115
3/21/19not-recorded65
3/22/195715
3/24/194690
3/26/192350
3/27/1971083
4/2/194564
4/4/193108
4/5/195356
4/6/19not-recorded400
4/10/19not-recorded61
4/12/193150
4/13/193130
4/18/193677
4/19/195459
4/21/19not-recorded130
4/21/193224
4/23/196711
4/24/197819
4/25/1951000
5/05/194341
5/06/195216
5/07/194181
5/08/195204
5/13/197312
5/14/193210
5/15/193461
5/20/195254
5/21/194389
5/22/194380
5/23/193119
5/24/193126
5/25/195616
5/28/196807
5/29/194976
6/18/19374
6/19/198825
6/20/196610
6/21/198464
6/23/19not-recorded337
6/28/197274
7/01/195421
7/02/195573
7/07/1951487
7/11/193223
7/13/1911300
7/15/195415
7/16/193250
7/17/193200
7/21/19298
7/22/194377
7/23/194287
7/23/192115
7/26/194366
7/29/193255
7/29/193199
8/01/197544
8/03/194317
8/04/193116
7/08/194512
8/10/194279
8/11/192414
8/14/196456
8/15/1951000
8/17/195438
8/18/193664
8/20/197807
8/21/198524
8/22/195490
8/24/198654
8/25/196608
8/26/195436
8/31/194212
09/01/195514
09/03/195682
09/05/197773
09/07/199657
09/11/19not-recorded300
09/12/19not-recorded878
09/15/19not-recorded912
09/16/196441
09/21/199412
09/22/194986
09/23/194432
09/27/198821
9/28/199618
10/02/196211
10/05/197387
10/06/19291
10/09/195516
10/12/191470
10/13/193700
10/16/194212
10/16/19not-recorded800
10/19/1916867
10/21/197217
10/24/1981231
10/26/1913771
11/02/1911698
11/04/197545
11/05/19457
11/10/198357
11/12/197416
11/13/195657
11/14/193312
11/16/1915729
11/18/196687
11/19/194223
11/24/1910429
11/28/196510
11/29/197321
12/7/1913860
12/9/194788
12/10/193213
12/11/194217
12/14/197760
12/21/1910741
12/28/1910775
1/01/203550
1/02/203700
1/03/2031500
1/04/2010966
1/06/203431
1/07/204222
1/14/206121
1/16/20460
2/17/204360
2/18/203434
2/19/206424
3/08/20797
3/12/205577
3/14/204431
3/18/203268
3/21/203533

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