April and May 2025

Join the Sanitation Foundation and help power one of NYC’s biggest volunteer cleanups ever. This spring, New York is uniting for a citywide movement to clean up every corner of our city. From April through May, the NYC Big Spring Clean is sweeping across all five boroughs—and it starts with you. With over 150 cleanups happening citywide, every New Yorker has the power to make an impact, right in their own backyard.

The NYC Big Spring Clean is more than just a spring cleanup—it’s the start of a powerful movement that unites all New Yorkers in one shared mission: a cleaner, brighter city for all. Find a cleanup near you and join us in all the action!

Step up and clean up!

Community Groups

Become a member of our Community Stewards network of neighborhood cleanup groups caring for their corner of the city.

Host an event in your neighborhood

Individuals

Join a cleanup event and work with your community to clean and beautify your neighborhood.

Sign up for a neighborhood cleanup event on our Volunteer Hub

Join Adopt Your Spot and pledge to care for a special spot on your schedule

Schools + Afterschool Programs

Are you leading litter cleanups with youth to address local pollution in your communities?

Check out our interactive map and get inspired by the creative litter reduction actions taken by youth and educators!

Corporate

Sponsor a cleanup in the community or engage your team in a cleanup event! Sponsor cleanups or support employees who stepped up to volunteer in communities across the city.

Support a Big Spring Clean event or organize one for your team

Visit our Volunteer Hub for a full list of Big Spring Clean volunteer opportunities and community based events.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 PARTNERS

We are so proud to host NYC Big Spring Clean with the support from our incredible partners.

Bloomberg

Target

International Center of Photography

NYC Service

2024 COMMUNITY HEROES

34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition

77th PCT Community Council, Inc.

Bed-Stuy Clean Ups

Beyond Plastics Queens

BQE Clean Up

Brooklyn New Lots Lions Club

Brooklyn Public School 9 PTO

CCNY GreenCentral x South East Brooklyn CDC

Clean Up Kensington

Clinton Hill Fort Greene Mutual Aid

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Sustainability Club

Community Bridges to Success Incorporated

Friends of Tompkins Square Park

Inwood Merchant Association

Lex and 3rd Block Association

Macon Lewis Marcus Garvey Block Association

Malcolm X Boulevard Beautification Group

Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board

Nasty New Yorkers

Natural Resources Protective Association

NSTAT TEAM BROWNSVILLE / VAN DYKE HOUSES

NYC CLEAN Volunteers

NYC H2O

O.W.N. Club

Quincy St. Nostrand Marcy Block Association

Ridgewood Is Beautiful

Ridgewood Runners

Rosedale Preservation Society

Santana & Vargas Charities Inc

St. George Civic Association

St. Vartan Park Conservancy

Sunnyside Social

Team Rubicon

The Groundskeeper Club

The Mission Continues

Uptown Grand Central

We Run Uptown

West 30th Street Block Association