Litter

How can you fight litter?

• Make sure trash and loose items of refuse go into the garbage: waste collection information
• Most food containers, packaging, and paper/cardboard are recyclable: recycling information
• Leaves blowing around? Check out the City's leaf and yard programs
• There are many ways to reduce our waste - check out waste reduction in Thunder Bay
• Found a needle? Safe needle disposal
• Outdoor events don't mean increased litter - see EcoSuperior's green event planning webpage and get their Green Events Guide.

Community Clean-Up Trailer

The Community Clean-Up Trailer supplies volunteers with the equipment necessary to clean and enhance a shared outdoor space. The goal of the Trailer is to provide Thunder Bay with an accessible and transportable resource to help keep our City Clean, Green, and Beautiful. The Trailer can be used to improve the cleanliness of our city, provide meaningful volunteer opportunities to the public, and increase civic pride. 

Learn how to book the Community Clean-Up Trailer!

Spring Up to Clean Up 

Since 1997, thousands of Thunder Bay residents have taken part in the annual Spring Up to Clean Up event, cleaning up more than 250 areas in the city.

As the snow melts, litter surfaces and impacts the beauty of our community. Help make our city clean, green and beautiful during the month of May! Spring Up is a great way to involve families, community groups, workplaces, and schools in the fight against litter.

Individuals or families can watch for litter during evening strolls or weekend jaunts to neighbouring parks. Workplaces often decide to clear a certain area around their premises of litter. Schools can clean up their playgrounds. There are as many possibilities as there are people in our city!

When you register your May clean-up activity with EcoSuperior, you'll be contacted by email to let you know when you can pick up your clean-up kit, which includes reusable gloves, and plastic bags. Other items such a trash pickers and cigarette containers may be available at the time of pick up. 

As an added bonus, you can win great prizes! Get more information on this year's Spring Up at ecosuperior.org/springuptbay