Philly Spring Cleanup
Keep Up the Sweep Up!
Welcome to the
2010 Philly Spring Cleanup
Thank you for making our 2009 Philly Spring Cleanup a success (see 2008-2009 Results below)! The City of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup to be held Saturday, April 10, 2010 (rain date, Saturday, April 17, 2010).
This year’s Cleanup, entitled “Keep Up the Sweep Up,” will be the start of our sustained effort to eliminate and prevent litter and illegal dumping—permanently. With ongoing strategies of education, enforcement, intense cleaning and beautification, we are committed to making our City and our neighborhoods clean.
2010 Project Requests
We look forward to increasing the number of partners for this year’s Cleanup and to engaging our partners in the overall litter prevention strategy. To submit your 2010 Philly Spring Cleanup Project click here.
First 100 Registrants Receive a Bagster Bag
For the first 100 project registrants, you will receive a Bagster bag from Waste Management. You can fill the Bagster bag with up to 3,300 pounds of construction debris, household junk and yard waste from your Cleanup project. For more information on the Bagster bag, click here.
2008 – 2009 Results
We have made great progress since the first Spring Cleanup of 2008. That effort marked the largest Cleanup in American history! Our second year focused on building sustainable communities, targeting beautification projects that would make our neighborhoods vibrant and livable for the long-term. Here’s a list of Cleanup accomplishments thus far:
Volunteers:
- Over 21,000 Volunteers
Registered Projects:
- Over 275 Project Sites
- Over 100 Beautification Projects
Trash Tonnage:
- 3.25 Million Pounds of Trash
Recycling:
- 48,010 Pounds of Recycling
- 4,807 Recycling Bins Distributed
Other Debris Removed:
- 2300 Tires
- 184 Abandoned Automobiles
Blocks Cleaned:
- Over 4,100 Blocks Cleaned
Recreation Centers:
- 40 Recreation Centers Cleaned
Park Sites:
- 42 Park Sites Cleaned
Commercial Corridors:
- 71 Commercial Corridors Cleaned
Ongoing Efforts
We are proud of this record of achievement; however, we all know that litter is an ongoing battle. Efforts are now underway to develop best practices for litter prevention. The City has already invested in Big Belly Solar Powered trash cans, which have significantly reduced litter in high pedestrian areas around Center City. Throughout 2010, we are expanding this initiative to include commercial corridors outside Center City. Although this is a step in the right direction, we know that a broader litter prevention strategy is needed.
We will use the momentum from the Philly Spring Cleanup to engage citizens in an ongoing effort to eliminate and prevent litter from invading our city streets. We will partner with community organizations to motivate the public to make the City of Philadelphia the cleanest and greenest city in America.
Help your community even more
by filling out the 2010 Census
In this tough economy, we have all been forced to do more with fewer resources. This year’s Cleanup comes at a time when we can all do something free and easy to help change that. The 2010 Census population count will be used to determine how much federal money comes to your community – about $2500 per person -- for neighborhood revitalization, schools, parks, affordable housing, roads and programs like job training, children’s health care and head start. It’s pretty simple, more people means more money. While we’re cleaning up our neighborhoods on April 10th, we will spread the word to our neighbors – we’re counting on you to be counted! For more information about the Census, visit www.PhillyCounts.org or www.Census.gov
Help to give Philadelphia a good spring cleaning! On April 10th, join Mayor Nutter and thousands of volunteers in neighborhoods across Philadelphia for the 3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup.
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