Clean Up Langley Day

Register now

Deadline to register is Wednesday, March 26. 

Hosting a community cleanup means that it is open to the community if other community members are interested to join. How this works is that, once we process your registration, we’ll post your organization’s name and cleanup location, inviting others to join your group. When volunteers sign up to join your cleanup crew, we’ll let you know.

Duties as a host include organizing a team to clean up your specified location, having a welcome area for volunteers joining your cleanup, handing out supplies, outlining safety guidelines, and suggesting a cleanup route. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the collected garbage is placed at the designated pick up spot by the end of the event at 2pm.

Register now

Deadline to register is Wednesday, April 16.

Hosting a private cleanup means that you are not interested in making your event open to the public. You may wish to keep this specifically for a group of people (e.g. business group).

Duties as a host include organizing a team to clean up your specified location, having a welcome area for volunteers, handing out supplies, outlining safety guidelines, and coordinating cleanup routes. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the collected garbage is placed at the designated pick up spot by the end of the event at 2pm.

Registration opens Thursday, March 27.

If you are not interested in hosting your own cleanup, you are welcome to join a community cleanup! Watch this page for a list of hosted community clean up locations.

Online registration will be available on this webpage on the following dates:

• Friday, February 28: Register as a host for a community cleanup or private cleanup. 

• Thursday, March 27: Register to join a hosted community cleanup.

If you want to host or conduct your own, look around your neighbourhood to see where you might want to start. Is there a street, park, trail, or creek that could benefit from a little work? If so, rally your neighbours and friends and bring it back to its original splendour. Please note that locations are on a first come, first served basis. The Clean Up Langley Day Coordinator will approve your final location once it has been reviewed.

Garbage can be disposed of in three ways:

• Register to have your garbage collected on event day: If you are hosting a cleanup and expect a fair bit of waste, indicate on your registration form a specific location you will leave the garbage bags after your clean up. After the event, Sierra Waste will pick up the garbage if it is in the designated area (e.g. at the front entrance of a park, end of a driveway, or on the side of a road). Please ensure that the material is not blocking or impeding traffic or sight lines.
  Note: For this option, you will need to pre-determine where you will place the garbage and note this in your registration. Have the garbage ready for Sierra Waste to pick up by 2pm.

• Place at curb on collection day: If you are conducting your own cleanup and you receive municipal garbage pick up, you can place small amounts outside with your household garbage. Sierra Waste will pick up garbage from your cleanup if it is placed beside your garbage cart on collection day and in the appropriate orange or yellow clean up bag.

• Fill out a clean up report: If you do not receive municipal garbage collection OR if you forgot to request a pick up in your initial registration form, you can request a pick up by filling out an online Clean Up Report or by calling 604-532-7300. Make sure that the waste is left in a visible location by the road (not blocking or impeding traffic or sight lines) and that it is in the orange or yellow bags provided for the cleanup.

For those who register in advance (two weeks prior to event day), the Township will provide:

• gloves

• safety vests

• garbage pickers

• Clean Up Langley Day specific orange or yellow garbage bags

In the days leading up to the event, hosts can arrange to pick up their supplies, which must be booked in advance. Hosts are also required to arrange for supplies to be dropped back following the event (not including bags of garbage, that should be disposed of appropriately).

Hosting a cleanup is easier and more fun than you think! You get to spend quality time outdoors with your friends (and maybe even make some new ones), make a difference in your community, and help inspire others to take on cleanup initiatives regularly.

As a host, you get to lead your team and organize your crew’s efforts. But don’t worry—we are here to help you along the way. Once we process your registration, we’ll post your organization’s name and cleanup location, inviting others to join your group. When volunteers sign up to join your cleanup crew, we’ll let you know. We’ll also ensure you have enough cleanup supplies, signage, and provide you a list of who to expect on Clean Up Langley Day. On the day of the event, your hosting duties will include having a welcome station for the volunteers joining your cleanup, handing out supplies, outlining safety guidelines, and suggesting cleanup routes. You’ll also place all collected garbage at the designated pick up spot at the end of the event.