Join the Summer Litter Challenge!
Keep Oklahoma City clean this summer while practicing citizen science using the Litterati app! From June 15th - August 15th, we’re challenging our OKC community to pick up 10,000 pieces of litter from our city’s streets, parks, and public spaces.
How To Join:
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Find your litter team! Round up some friends, family, coworkers, or anyone else you’d like to pick up litter with.
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Register your event! Choose a date, time, and location, and register your clean up through our LitterBlitz form. If you are in need of a location suggestion, we are happy to provide some recommendations!
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Join the challenge! Download the Litterati app, set up an account, and join the OKC Beautiful Summer Litter Challenge (Challenge Code: CLEAN-OKC).
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You’re ready to go! Once you pick up your kit, you’re ready for your clean up! Grab your team and head to your LitterBlitz location. As you clean up, be sure to tag and upload photos of the litter to the Litterati app. All of the data you collect and upload will be used to generate an OKC Summer Litter Report, giving us a look into what is littered most in Oklahoma City.
Why Litterati?
Uploading your litter data to Litterati helps us collect information about OKC’s litter footprint for education, reporting, and advocacy.
Stay tuned for more information! The challenge begins June 15th.
LitterBlitz
It takes a community to keep our city clean! LitterBlitz provides the opportunity to give back and connect with friends, neighbors, civic clubs, and coworkers as well as the environment in a safe and easy way.
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Your team selects the location and the day to hold your cleanup. If you don’t have a place in mind, we will help you identify a location.
Supply kits are provided, including trash bags, gloves, and hand sanitizer. Safety vests and trash grabbers are available depending on how many are borrowed at that time. To register your LitterBlitz group, fill out the form below.
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Click here for the online volunteer waiver.
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Contact Lauren Nixon with any questions about LitterBlitz, 405-525-8822.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What should volunteers wear?
We recommend wearing comfortable clothing that can get dirty, as well as comfortable walking shoes. If cleaning an area with lots of debris, closed-toed shoes are recommended. Sunscreen is highly recommended!
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Where do we take the trash bags?
If you are cleaning up at or near an Oklahoma City park, you can dispose of bags in dumpsters or trash carts onsite. Please contact Lauren Nixon if carts and dumpsters are filled so we can notify the Parks Department. If doing a roadside cleanup, securely close the bags and stack neatly. Send the location information and a photo of the bags to Lauren Nixon so a pickup can be scheduled.
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Do you have any safety instructions for volunteers?
Yes! Click here. We recommend reading these to volunteers at the start of the event.
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Can I receive service hours for work, school, or court through this program?
Yes! Contact Lauren Nixon for instructions on tracking time and for any paperwork needing completed.
What size of group can participate?
We have groups of one to 100 participate! Depending on your size of group, we can recommend an appropriate location. Groups of a certain size may need to split up to multiple locations.
Supported by:
Report a Littered Area
Oklahoma City is a big place! We need your help knowing locations that need a little TLC and could benefit from a litter cleanup.
Want to host your own litter cleanup? We'll provide the supplies!
