Thank you to everyone who came to our litter clean-up at Edmonds Community Centre in Burnaby:
Abdul, Adam, Alex, Alexander, Amy, Ana, Andrew W., Anwar, Art, Ashley, Brian, Changle (Steve), Chanuka, Chau, Chengjia (Woody), Chenle (Austin), Christine, Cihan, Danielle, Ellen, Ernest, Etsuko, Frankie, Graham, Hayley, Hinata, Hong, James, Jeffrey, Jiajun (Jason), Jon, Justin, Kaiwen, Kana, Ken, Kevin, Letong (Toni), Lina, Lynn, Mauricio, Michael, Nathan, Nguyen M, Nguyen N, Nicole, Paul, Rebecca, Rei, Rick, Rui, Ruixi (Sarah), Samantha, Samuel, Shane, Terry, Theo, Tianyu, Tin, Tina, Tingyu, Tomoari, Vincent, Xubin (Edward), Yanxia, Yike (Eric), Yixuan (Lena), YongLin (Lynne), Yuma, Yuxuan, Zachary, Zeran (Nicky), Ziqi, Zisu (Joe),
Thank you to our litter leaders who played a vital role in guiding and leading this community clean-up:
Alina, Amos, Andrew H. & Adam
The rainy day did not keep people away!!
Impacts
- 77 community members were engaged
- 231 hours were contributed
- 50% of participants were residents of Burnaby. Our activities are designed to foster a sense of community that transcend municipal borders. By engaging community members from all around the Lower Mainland, Burnaby residents gain a deeper understanding that they are part of a larger, interconnected community. We all have a responsibility of creating a cleaner, healthier environment regardless of where we call home.
- 50 participants visited Edmonds Community Centre for the first time
- 36 participants participated in a litter clean-up for the first time
- 282 lbs of litter was removed
- Over 9,062 pieces of litter were tracked and removed including:
- 7,393 cigarette butts
- 568 food wrappers
- 326 bits of paper & cardboard
- 219 pieces of plastic bags
- 128 cups & lids
- 118 pieces of glass
- 74 bottles & cans
- 23 items of clothing/shoes
- 13 pieces of electronics
- 16 pieces of metal
- 11 pieces of styrofoam
- and more!
- Some interesting finds included:
- Rubber bands
- Confetti
- Orange peels
- Batteries
- Buttons
- Lollipop stick
- Balloons
- Ear buds
- Corn husks
- Umbrella
- Children’s vitamins
- Fake flower
- Broom head
- Tiles
Highlights
- We had a GREAT turnout despite the rainy weather
- This was our 4th 2024 litter clean-up with City of Burnaby!
- BIG thank you to Zac and John for co-leading this activity, picking up bigger garbage items & bringing tim bits for community members to enjoy 🙂
- Burnaby Councillor Richard T. Lee joined us, and shared his appreciation to everyone for coming together to take care of their community
- Mayor Hurley’s ongoing support made this community clean-up effort happen. While he was unable to join us in person this time, his commitment to promoting a strong Burnaby community continues to inspire our work!
- Participants learned about Burnaby’s Adopt a Street Program
- Our litter leaders, Andrew, Adam, Alina and Amos (the A team) did a GREAT job. If you’re interested in being a litter leader at an upcoming litter cleanup, we welcome you to apply on our website HERE
- Half of the 77 participants were Burnaby residents, showing them they are part of a larger community dedicated to keeping our environment clean and achieving greater impact by working together! Others joined us from: Langley, Surrey, Vancouver, North Vancouver, Port Moody and Delta
- Anwar and Kevin helped us pack up – thank you!
- This was our 4th litter clean-up activity with the City of Burnaby in 2024. To see how past activities went:
- People driving by honked their gratitude !!
- Delicious brownies, sugar cookies, grapes, carrots, granola bars, pumpkin seeds were enjoyed
- We LOVED using our litter tracker app (created by one of our own volunteer’s Chris!!)
What Community Members Said
Community Investment Partner
THANK YOU to the City of Burnaby for being a Community Investment Partner and providing the financial support and direction to make this activity possible!
Together we are achieving our common goals and creating connected, healthy and resilient communities engaged in environmental stewardship.
This was the 4th of 5 litter cleanups we are organizing with the City of Burnaby this year. Learn more about & sign up for our upcoming cleanups here!
Why We Do This Work
The Lower Mainland Green Team organizes hands-on educational activities that have a positive environmental impact to empower people. Through activities such as invasive plant removals, plantings, litter cleanups and more, we are fostering connections with others and nature so that health and well-being is prioritized, lifelong environmental stewardship is promoted, and community members are enabled to take care of themselves, each other and the places they live. We all have the power to make a difference!
We all experience mental and physical health benefits from spending time in nature, including reduced stress and anxiety, and improved mood, focus, memory and more. While doing so, we can also have a positive impact on the environment as demonstrated through this activity!
