Easily register your own clean up location or help clean up a community park
Township of King, Ont.— As the snow melts and spring arrives, it's time to clean up the debris that winter has left behind. King Township invites residents to take part in the annual Community Clean Up event on Saturday, Apr. 19. In 2024, 877 participants contributed 3,303 volunteer hours picking up litter to make King’s parks, streets, ditches and neighbourhoods cleaner and greener.
Getting involved is easy. Select a public space you would like to clean up and invite your friends, family and neighbours to join your clean-up group or create your own. Register your clean-up location and receive clean-up supplies by visiting king.ca/CommunityCleanup.
If you don’t have a clean-up location, join us at the following locations on Saturday, Apr. 19 between 10 a.m. and noon to help clean up a community park:
- Tasca Park (49 Parkheights Trail, Nobleton) - meet in the parking lot
- Memorial Park (25 Doctors Lane, King City) - meet in the King City Arena parking lot
- Dufferin Marsh (972 Doctor Kay Dr, Schomberg) - meet at the bulletin board
Clean-up kits will be available for pick up between Monday, Apr. 14 and Saturday, Apr. 19 at the King Township Municipal Centre, the King City, Nobleton and Schomberg branches of the King Township Public Library and the Trisan Centre in Schomberg. Each clean-up kit includes disposable gloves, one garbage bag and one recycling bag, safety instructions and garbage drop-off and pick-up instructions.
Once participants have completed their litter clean up, they can drop off garbage bags at one of the designated locations. The bins will be available on Saturday, Apr. 19 and Sunday, Apr. 20 in the parking lots of the King City Arena, the Dr. William Laceby Nobleton Community Centre and Arena and the Trisan Centre in Schomberg.
If you are conducting a large group clean up and require your garbage bags (10 or more bags) to be picked up by staff at a community park location, please specify the pick-up location when completing the online registration or email environmentalstewardship@king.ca with the registered clean-up group name, garbage pick-up location and number of bags that need to be picked up.
In addition to King’s annual community clean-up, Township staff have planned many eco-friendly activities to welcome the warmer spring season, including yard sale and electronic recycling events, gardening workshops and tree plantings. For more information, visit king.ca/EnvironmentalEvents.
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Steve Pellegrini
Mayor, King Township
“The King Community Clean Up is a fantastic opportunity for residents to come together and demonstrate their civic pride. If everyone spends just 10 minutes picking up litter, it will make a significant difference in keeping our Township clean and green. By participating in this event, we not only enhance the beauty of our surroundings but also strengthen our sense of community. I encourage everyone to join us in making King a cleaner, greener place for all.”
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Township of King
Jason Ballantyne, Communications Officer
Township of King | Phone: 905-833-5321 | Email: media@king.ca