3rd Annual Great Lakes CleanUP | April 22

2nd Annual
Great Lakes CleanUP
April 22 - Spring 2023.
PartnerUP & Volunteer!

The Great Lakes CleanUP is a collaborative trash removal event to protect habitats throughout the Great Lakes Basin

Join Our CleanUP Community

Our first two years of the Great Lakes Cleanup were a sweeping success! 7,962 volunteers helped clean up the shorelines of our Great Lakes. We collected over 146,502 pounds of litter across 9,000 acres. Among the trash, we prevented tens of thousands of cigarette butts, plastic bags and pieces of styrofoam from entering our Great Lakes.

COLLECTIVE EFFORT

Great Lakes Communities

Dozens Great Lakes Communities are working together to lead volunteers to act.

Coordinated trash CleanUP events & awareness campaigns.

FEDERAL GRANT

Coordinated Cleanups

This 3rd Annual Great Lakes CleanUP being held April 22 - Spring 2023 is led by Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper with funding by EPA/GLRI.

Nearly $300,000 through the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Grant Funded by GLRI

Support For Our Efforts.

“EPA’s new, innovative Trash-Free Great Lakes program underscores the administration’s commitment to protecting and preserving these binational treasures,” said EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede. “EPA is proud to support Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper and all of our partners through this inaugural round of grants as we work to address the issue of litter and debris in the Great Lakes.” Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26), a member of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, said, “Many of our most critical environmental success stories have been driven by community activism. Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper has a long tradition of success and service in restoring and protecting Western New York’s waterways. This federal investment supports a great coordinated effort to safeguard and cleanup the largest source of fresh water on the planet.”

The Great Lakes as shown on Google Earth app.

Globally significant resources...

New York is a Great Lakes state, and protection of our globally significant resources often falls on the shoulders of frontline communities and organizations. Join us as a partner or a volunteer in The Great Leakes CleanUP!