Park and Stream Cleanups

Removing litter and debris from our open spaces and waterways is foundational to our organization. It’s where we first began educating people all over Arlington about the detrimental impact of litter on our natural resources and wildlife. Today, we’re tackling more issues, but we will continue to lead and organize cleanups if trash, especially plastics, continues to endanger our natural resources. Over the last two years, we collected and properly disposed of 906 bags of trash. In the future, we’ll collect data to investigate whether Arlington County’s new plastic bag tax has resulted in fewer plastic bags gathered in our cleanups, decreasing the debris and harm to our world.