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Urban Cleanup Team
The Clean Communities Council organized the first urban cleanup in Newark in the fall of 2003. The “Gateway to a Cleaner Community” community cleanup, renamed in 2007 “Gateway to a Cleaner Newark,” was based on the model “Litter March” cleanup created by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Trenton in 1989.
The Clean Communities Council officially launched the Urban Cleanup Team project following the release of a statewide visual Litter Survey in the spring of 2004. The survey concluded that that the amount of visible litter on roadways in urban areas in New Jersey is greater than litter on rural roadways, and significantly greater than in other states. The Urban Cleanup Team encourages towns with densely populated neighborhoods to rally the support of people who live and work in the town to help solve the litter problem.
Criteria for Membership
Municipality must—
- Municipality must be located in a densely populated area where litter tends to accumulate.
- Implement a broad-based Clean Communities Program involving cleanup, enforcement and education.
- Organize at least one volunteer cleanup every year in conjunction with the Clean Communities Council
- Demonstrate the support of the Mayor and other public officials.
Team Members
Asbury Park
Atlantic City
Bayonne
Camden
Clifton
East Orange
Elizabeth
Garfield
Hackensack
Irvington
Jersey City
Manville
New Brunswick
Newark
Orange
Passaic City
Paterson
Perth Amboy
Trenton
Union
West Orange
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