Community Cleanup

      6. Place garbage in the black bags and recycling in the clear bags. Unsure about what is garbage and what goes in the recycling? Use the Recycle Coach What goes Where Tool to help you decide! 

      7. When you are finished, leave your garbage bags, recycling bags, and large items by the permanent garbage receptacles in the park. If there are no permanent receptacles, please place bags by a numbered light post of the greenspace or trail where they can be picked up by Town staff after the cleanup. Please note, Town staff will be circulating throughout the various parks during regular park maintenance to pick up collected garbage bags over the course of the two week period. 

     8. Let us know where you cleaned and left your garbage bags by completing the post-cleanup survey. 

     9. We would love to see your before and after photos and videos so show us by tagging @TownOfNewmarket and use the hashtag #icleanedup

Safety Tips and Things to Remember: 

• Protect yourself! Please follow the safety tips on the information sheet in your cleanup kit. Click here for a printable version of the Cleanup Kit Information Sheet
  

• You can clean at whatever time you choose so be sure to use your discretion when choosing a day, time and location to ensure your safety. Please do not go outside to clean in inclement weather such as thunder/lighting, high winds etc.

• Please stay off private property. 

• Please avoid potential dangers such as railway tracks, rivers, river banks and road ways.
  

• Please ensure to wear vinyl or nitrile gloves while picking up waste. 
  

• Please do not pick up dangerous objects such as broken glass, needles, sharp objects or dead animals. If you come across any of these items please leave them where you found them and include their location in the post-cleanup survey so they can be disposed of safely.   

• If an item is too large to move to the garbage can, please leave it where it is and include it's location in the post-cleanup survey.
  

• All children participating under the age of 12 should be supervised by an adult. 
  

Target Cleanup Locations:

• Best Family Parkette (Best Circle) (Ward 1)
• Frank Stronach Park (Memorial Circle) (Ward 1)
  
• Rene Bray Park (1030 Ivsbridge Boulevard) (Ward 1)
• Arnhem Park (595 Mulock Court) (Ward 2)
• College Manor Park (705 College Manor Drive) (Ward 2)
• George Richardson Park (Bayview Parkway) (Ward 3)
• Charles Van Zant Open Space (205 Waratah Avenue) (Ward 3)
• Proctor Park (277 Primrose Lane) (Ward 4)
  
• Marilyn Powell Park (435 London Road) (Ward 4)
  
• Old Town Hall (460 Botsford Street) (Ward 5)
• Newmarket Public Library (438 Park Ave) (Ward 5)
• Fairy Lake Park (520 Water Street) (Ward 5)
• Haskett Park (145 Millard Avenue) (Ward 5)
• Lions Park (424 D'Arcy Street) (Ward 5)
• South end of Tom Taylor Trail, near Foxtail Ridge (Ward 6)
• Whipper Billy Watson Park (475 Clearmeadow Boulevard) (Ward 6)
• Keffer Parkette (110 Keffer Circle) (Ward 6)
• Armstrong Park (860 Joe Persechini Drive) (Ward 6)
• Paul Semple Park (145 Savage Road) (Ward 6)
• Environmental Park (Woodspring Avenue) (Ward 7)
• Bonshaw Avenue Park (130 Bonshaw Avenue) (Ward 7)
• Woodland Hills Labyrinth Park (45 Ford Wilson Boulevard) (Ward 7)
• Dave Kerwin Trail (Woodspring Avenue) (Ward 7)
• Aspenwood Drive (between Wainscot Ave. and Flagstone Way) (Ward 7)

Volunteer Hours

• High school students can earn up to 3 volunteer hours for participating in the cleanup. 
• If you are particiating in the cleanup on Saturday, May 6, you can get your highschool form signed that day by a Town of Newmarket staff at any of the ward cleanup locations. 
• If you are cleaning up between May 7 - 21, 2023, volunteer forms can be dropped off at the Municipal Offices (395 Mulock Drive) to the attention of Jesse Zulauf (please ensure your name and school information has been completed before dropping it off). 

Provincial Day of Action on Litter

Since 2020, the Provincial Day of Action on Litter is celebrated on the second Tuesday of May each year in Ontario. The Provincial Day of Action focuses on raising awareness about the impacts of waste on the environment and encourages everyone to take action such as participating in litter cleanups like the Town's Community Cleanup. This year's Provincial Day of Action on Litter is May 9, 2023. Help keep our community clean and litter-free! 

For more information on the 2023 Day of Action, and tips on how to reduce your waste footprint at home, visit ontario.ca/page/act-on-litter

Support Newmarket's green initiatives by walking, carpooling or taking the bus. 

For up-to-date weather and/or cancellation details of Town-run outdoor events call 1-877-PLAY936 on the date of the event, 2 hours prior to the start time. For more information please contact 905-895-5193 or info@newmarket.ca.