Philly Spring Cleanup!

Mayor Nutter Announced the 4th Annual Philly Spring Cleanup at Kickoff Event in North Philly yesterday!  There’s about 1 month until residents can “Keep Up the Sweep Up.”

The Spring Cleanup will be on Saturday, April 2 (rain date: Sat, April 9). and has has been designated as a Great American Cleanup National Kickoff Event by Keep America Beautiful.

Want to get involved? Visit www.PhillySpringCleanup.com to volunteer or submit a project. Deadline is 3/18 for project submissions.

Last year’s cleanup in 2010 accomplished:

• 231 official project sites
• 11,313 volunteers
• 1,340,000 LBs of trash
• 139,540 LBs of recycling
• 45,252 service hours
• 4,277 recycling bins distributed
• 100s of sign-ups for Philadelphia Recycling Rewards program
• 50 parks & recreation centers cleaned
• 763 neighborhood blocks cleaned

Have questions?  Call the Streets Departments Customer Affairs Unit @ 215-686-5560 and 311.

Posted by Julie