Love Your Park Solo Cleanups

Philly's parks need your help! Join us to keep our city's parks clean and ready to use by cleaning up trash and litter as you enjoy our public green spaces this summer.

Our citywide network of park friends groups usually host hundreds of cleanups in the spring and summer to keep our parks clean and green, but many of those events have been canceled due to COVID-19. At the same time, our parks are being used more than ever, so we're inviting everyone to pitch in and help out by doing those cleanups solo!

There are several ways to participate. You can simply use your own supplies to clean up trash and litter, request a kit  via mail, or pick one up during a giveaway event (see below). Please consider helping us make our supplies last longer by donating $35 to cover the cost of one cleanup kit!

Cleanup Kits

• Work gloves
• Trash bags
• Fairmount Park Conservancy bandanna
• City of Philadelphia mask
• Safety instructions and cleanup guidelines
• The first 60 people to sign up will also receive a trash grabber - sold out!

Guidelines

• Visit your favorite Philly park, or one of the trash hot spots, and collect any trash and litter you see into your bag.
  • Tie off trash bags and set them next to a park trash can to be collected or dispose in a trash can, if space allows
  • Please also consider taking the trash home with you and putting it out for your regular weekly collection 
• Post a photo of your filled trash bag(s) on social media 
  • Use #loveyourpark and tag @myphilly @philaparksandrec 
  • Don’t forget to include the name of the park 

Stay Safe!

• Wear a mask & gloves at all times. Never pick up trash with your bare hands!
• Stay at least six feet from others.
• Use hand sanitizer or wash your hands immediately after removing gloves. 
• Dispose of single-use gloves properly; wash reusable work gloves between uses.
• Remember that facilities and public restrooms remain closed. 
• Stay home if you experience COVID-19 symptoms, or if you have had close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case in the past 14 days. Symptoms include cough, fever, shortness of breath, fatigue, chills, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell, and diarrhea (Know the symptoms.)