Spring is in the air and the annual Cleaning the Capital Spring Campaign is proceeding with registration remains open until Saturday, April 30 and projects are to be completed by May 31.
With the gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the City is planning a more traditional campaign and will continue to reinforce public health and safety measures as these evolve. Participants can register their cleanup projects by using the online registration form available at ottawa.ca/clean or by calling 3-1-1. The registration form populates an interactive map, showing which locations have been chosen for cleanup projects. Cleanup kits, which include garbage bags and gloves, will be made available for pick-up by registrants at one of seven City of Ottawa facilities across the city.
Key Spring Campaign Dates:
March 15 ………………………… Registration opens
April 15 to May 31 ………….. Cleaning the Capital spring campaign
April 22 …………..………………..Earth Day 2022
April 30 …………………………… Registration closes
June 15 ……………….………….. Deadline to submit cleanup reports online
Campaign Success
This year marks the 29th year that the Cleaning the Capital program has been leveraging corporate sponsorship and resident engagement to keep our city clean and green. Cleaning the Capital program staff have delivered atypical campaigns throughout the global pandemic; regardless, nearly 11,000 participants registered 1,150 projects in 2021.
It is estimated that over 1,350,000 kilograms of waste has been removed by more than 1.6 million volunteers since the campaign began in 1994
