Registration opens in March, sign up for our newsletter to get updates! Interested in volunteering to cleanup before or after the Spring Sweep? Participate in a Solo Sweep anywhere, anytime, and track your findings. Remember , you must use BNW in your group name ie.
This allows our data to be instantly publicly accessible and helps to support our work to address the root causes of litter pollution here locally and globally. Will you join us in this effort by participating in your own Solo Sweep? Data is power! We know litter pollution threatens our drinking water, wildlife, the health of our ecosystems, and our economy β which is why we dedicate our time to remove it β but we can never solve the issue without data.
Thanks to the litter data collected by cleanup volunteers like yourself, we can track the types, location, and quantity of trash being found throughout our watershed. We can use this data to support, fund, and empower community driven solutions that address local issues, while connecting us to leaders around the world dedicated to eliminating litter pollution. Litter data can also strengthen policy initiatives focused on holding producers accountable and banning specific types of waste like the recently passed polystyrene foam ban and the plastic bag ban in New York State.
Spring Sweep , was a huge success! We have continued to promote our digit al data collection efforts using the Clean Swell app , and volunteers recorded over 41, pieces of trash this year. The Spring Sweep is also part of the Great Lakes CleanUP , a weeklong trash removal effort created in partnership with 18 other groups and organizations from around the Great Lakes basin.
These dedicated partners organize thousands of volunteers to remove trash, collect litter data, and keep our waterways clean. Hit enter to search or ESC to close. Close Search. Collect, Count, and Advocate. Tracking litter data to empower real solutions through cleanups across Western New York.
