Mayor’s Spring Clean-Up, Mark the date!

It’s never too early to schedule “Spring Cleaning” and Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter knows this! So mark your calendars for Saturday April 4th.  EPX members will gather and aid our neighbors and other civic groups in collecting trash throughout our fair environs. So plan to bring your brooms, gloves, shovels and more to the location(s) soon to be announced. EPX will provide back-up tools and supplies, as needed.

Here is a brief recap of last year’s city-wide success.

KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL SAYS PHILLY SPRING CLEANUP “LARGEST SINGLE-DAY CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENT”
Philadelphia, April 08 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter reported the results of the April 5th Philly Spring Cleanup at a press conference at City Hall today. Goals that were set prior to the Cleanup were met and exceeded, and Keep America Beautiful – the organization responsible for clean-ups across the country – has confirmed that the Philly Spring Cleanup was the largest single day, citywide clean-up on record in the United States.
“Even I was taken aback by the scale of what was achieved on Saturday,” said Mayor Nutter. “I am so proud of the thousands of volunteers, the dedicated public servants, the community organizations and corporate sponsors who all worked so hard to make this event such a huge success.”
“With over 17,000 events taking place each spring, Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup is the nation’s largest community improvement program,” said Matthew McKenna, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. “Across all categories, the Philly Spring Cleanup was the largest single-day citywide cleanup event to happen in event’s 24-year history. We’re proud that our local affiliate, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, was able to help Mayor Nutter in this incredible effort.”
Philly Spring Cleanup in numbers
􀂃 2.56m pounds of trash collected – goal set was one million pounds
􀂃 Estimated 15,000 volunteers – goal set was 10,000 volunteers
􀂃 71 commercial corridors – goal set was 50