Registration for the Cleaning the Capital Spring Campaign will begin on March 14, and cleanup projects will take place across our city between April 15 and May 31.
Participants can register their cleanup projects by using the online form available at ottawa.ca/clean. The registration form populates an interactive map with pins that display the location, date, and time of all registered cleanup projects.
Participants can choose from a variety of public spaces to clean, including green spaces and community parks, roadsides, shorelines, or even areas around bus stops.
Cleanup kits, which include nitrile gloves and black garbage bags, will be made available for pickup by registrants (upon request) at one of fourteen City of Ottawa facilities across the city.
Cleaning the Capital staff will be supporting participants’ appropriate disposal of collected waste/litter by providing groups of up to 30 participants with a small quantity of City-branded yellow bags. These yellow bags will not be counted against the three-item limit for curbside waste collection, allowing disposal of Cleaning the Capital waste/litter at residential curbsides on regularly scheduled collection days.
Key spring campaign dates
March 14: Registration opens
April 15 to May 31: Cleaning the Capital Spring campaign
April 22: Earth Day 2025
May 2: Registration closes
June 15: Deadline to submit online cleanup reports