Philly Spring Cleanup
Keep Up the Sweep Up!
Partners
Corporate Partners
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Target Target has a longstanding tradition of strengthening families and communities through innovative programs and partnerships. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of the company's income and millions of volunteer hours. Today, that 5 percent translates into more than $3 million every week to support education, the arts, social services and volunteerism. |
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BigBelly® Solar Powered Trash Compactor The BigBelly® is a trash can-sized, solar-powered, automatic waste compactor designed to replace standard outdoor cans at high traffic, high trash volume public sites. The innovative BigBelly® compacts trash by a factor of 5:1, bringing the well-understood operational and economic benefits of compaction to the source, the public trash can:
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Blue Mountain Recycling Blue Mountain Recycling is very proud to support “Keep Up the Sweep Up.” Blue Mountain pioneered single steam and Zero Sort™ processing in Philadelphia providing a processing platform to support the City’s recycling expansion and creating 77 new green manufacturing jobs since 2000. BMR is a wholly owned subsidiary of FCR Recycling and Casella Waste Systems, Inc. FCR processes over 1.3 million tons of recycle material each year through a network of 23 processing facilities which includes 10 single stream processing systems. Casella Waste is an industry leader with a goal toward zero waste through Resource Transformation. |
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Covanta Covanta is an internationally recognized owner and operator of large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient of the Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Covanta's Energy-from-Waste facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound solution to their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to generate clean, renewable energy. |
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Republic Services, Inc. Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of environmental services including solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services. Republic’s local operating divisions provide solid waste services for commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. |
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RecycleBank RecycleBank is a rewards program that motivates people to recycle. With RecycleBank, households earn Points for recycling, similar to airline miles for frequent flying. Points are redeemable for merchandise, rewards, gift cards, groceries, products, services and more from local and national retailers, restaurants, grocers and others. RecycleBank partners with cities to increase recycling and to support local economies and has been recognized with a number of business and environmental awards, including as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environmental Programme. A global company with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, RecycleBank is headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2005, RecycleBank services more than one million people across 24 states. By cumulative recycling efforts, those households have recycled more than 320,000 tons of material, saving more than 283 million gallons of oil and 4.24 million trees. For more information on RecycleBank, visit www.RecycleBank.com |
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A Waste Management Service Waste Management is supporting this year's Cleanup and providing the first 100 projects with Bagster Bags. The Bagster bag is an on-demand debris removal solution that holds up to 3,300 pounds. The Bagster bag is the easiest solution to help you tackle all your home improvement projects - remodeling, home and garage cleanup, moving preparation and landscaping. It's ready when you are! |
City Partners
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Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup™ is the nation’s largest annual community improvement program. More than 32,000 clean-up, green-up and fix-up events take place in over 30,000 communities between March 1, and May 31, involving over 3 million volunteers and participants. Activities include litter and illegal dumpsite cleanups, waterway cleanups, environmental education programs, community gardens, vacant lot restoration, public art, graffiti prevention and removal, local recycling programs, planting trees, creating/restoring parks and playgrounds, and beautifying public lands. Founded in 1953, KAB is based in Stamford, Connecticut. |
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City Year - Give a Year. Change the World. City Year unites young people, ages 17-24, of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods across Philadelphia. Corps members receive an education award of $5,350, a bi-weekly living stipend, health benefits, a T-mobile phone, and more. City Year hosts an Open House the first Wednesday of the month from 2-7pm at 2221 Chestnut St, (inside Red Cross Building), Philadelphia, PA 19103. For more information, call 267-386-7035 or Apply Today at www.cityyear.org. |
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Fairmount Park Making Fairmount Park the best that it can be is a collective effort. No one group alone can oversee its maintenance and growth. We know that volunteer support is essential to the Park’s continued existence and future success. So, we’re asking you to play an active role in helping us preserve and improve our Park landscape. Set aside a day and come out to Fairmount Park. Together, we can make our city neighborhoods better, keep our historic sites in mint condition, protect our open spaces and parklands and improve the overall quality of life in our communities and the city. Coming to a park near you soon...LOVE YOUR PARK, Saturday, May 8, 9:00 a.m. until noon. LOVE THAT PARK is a collaborative effort of the Department of Parks and Recreation, the community, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and Greater Philadelphia Cares. Join hundreds of volunteers from across the Greater Philadelphia region, as they roll up their sleeves to repair trails, remove invasive vegetation, plant, paint, and clean up the city’s park system Please call 215-683-0217 or e-mail kate.lapszynski@phila.gov to find a project site near you |
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Global Citizen Global Citizen is non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement, community volunteering, civic responsibility, and sustained active citizenship among diverse groups, particularly young people. Global Citizen promotes democracy building, voter education and participation, locally and globally. We bring together people of all ages and backgrounds to build diverse partnerships through serving others, thus realizing how much more we have in common than our difference. Programs run by Global Citizen include the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, the largest King Day event in the nation and MLK365, which promotes year-round volunteer service and civic engagement. We provide a range of services, including technical training and assistance, to organizations interested in hosting King Day of Service projects, tracking all King Day of Service projects and volunteers throughout the region, and matching interested groups and individuals with volunteer project opportunities. Global Citizen supports organizations and individuals to continue active citizenship throughout the year. For more information please visit our website at www.globalcitizen.us.com or call 215-665-2655. |
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Greater Philadelphia Cares Greater Philadelphia Cares supports the creation of vibrant communities by motivating people to volunteer their time, talents and resources. We provide a clear path to service for all, enhancing the impact of non-profit agencies throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. We uncover best practices and equip volunteers with education and tools to promote tangible outcomes. |
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The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services consists of several programs dedicated to improving the appearance of neighborhoods throughout the City of Philadelphia through the eradication of blight. These programs are designed to maximize effectiveness and efficiency by creating partnerships with residents and businesses to foster sustainable communities.
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The Philadelphia Department of Recreation The Department of Recreation provides programs designed to develop the physical, cultural, artistic and life skills of participants of all ages in all neighborhoods. It provides a full range of structured activities and programs for city residents of all ages at more than one hundred and fifty Recreation Centers and Playgrounds. Services at these neighborhood-based facilities include Tot Recreation Programs designed to meet the socialization needs of Pre-School aged children, formal After-School Programs focused to meet the needs of children between the ages of 6 to 12 years, cultural enhancement programs that include visual arts, dance, and drama opportunities for interested individuals, and sports activities that promote the physical and emotional well-being in participants of varying ages. |
We did it! More than 11,000 volunteers at 231 official project sites used approximately 5,000 brooms, 3,000 rakes and 1,800 shovels to fill 48,000 trash bags with unsightly, unwanted litter. That’s how to clean up a City!
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