Spring is Here!
Big Clean MKE
This coming Saturday, April 17th from 10:00am- 12:00pm, is the annual city-wide cleanup: Big Clean MKE. NWSCDC invites residents to meet us at 4201 N. 27th Street where we will begin a section of the cleanup and disperse into smaller groups. We will focus on cleaning up 4000 - 4300 N. 27th Street and other nearby areas. Cleanup supplies (bags, pickers, gloves, etc.) will be provided. See you Saturday!
Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup
Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup with NWSCDC happening on Saturday April 24th, 2021. Participants must pre-register online. Cleanup supplies (gloves, trash bags) will be provided and each participant will receive a FREE Spring Cleanup t-shirt. Click here to see a list of all Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup site locations and to register.
Direct links to register at Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup site locations NWSCDC will be working at:
35th & Congress (by the Bee Bus Line sign) - Register in advance here
34th & Courtland - Register in advance here
Lincoln Park (four location options):
Lincoln Park Cleanup, Sea of the Ear Sculpture - Register in advance here
Lincoln Park Cleanup, Picnic Area #5 - Register in advance here
Lincoln Park Cleanup, Picnic Area #2 - Register in advance here
Lincoln Park Cleanup, Blatz Pavilion - Register in advance here
For more information, visit Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup webpage:
https://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/restore/spring-cleanup/
City of Milwaukee Project Clean & Green
The annual City of Milwaukee Project Clean & Green begins April 12th and runs through May 21st, 2021. On your regular garbage collection day during your assigned Project Clean and Green Zone Week, you can place unwanted items at your regular garbage collection location, and DPW Sanitation crews will pick them up.
Collection crews will target one zone each week from April 12th - May 21st and collect up to 6 cubic yards of unwanted furniture, mattresses, or household items and yard debris in paper yard waste bags.
DPW will NOT pick up: appliances, tires, TVs & electronics, paint, motor oil, or construction debris.
Click here to visit the City website to find which zone you are located in and for more information on Project Clean & Green:
Neighborhoods included in Zone 3 pick-up dates (April 26th- 30th, 2021): Garden Homes, Hampton Heights, Lincoln Creek, Lincoln Park, Old North Milwaukee, Rufus King and Wahl Park.