Litter cleanup reporting form

Tell us what you collected during your cleanup. This will help us better understand litter in our environment and help inform future government decisions.

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Section 1: Cleanup information

Tell us where your cleanup took place and what items you collected.

Please make sure only one person from your cleanup group fills out this form.

1. When did your cleanup take place?

2. How many people participated in your cleanup?

3. In what municipality (city, township, etc.) did you host your cleanup?

4. Can you provide any other cleanup site location information, such as an address, park name, lake name or street name?

5. What type of location did you clean up? Please select the best option from the list below.

Green space or park

Shoreline or beach

Trail

Sidewalk

City or rural street shoulder

Other

6. What was the total number of garbage bags collected?

Small bags (for example grocery bag)

Medium bags (for example kitchen garbage bag)

Large bags (for example black garbage bag)

7. What was the total number of recycling bags collected?

Small bags (for example grocery bag)

Medium bags (for example kitchen garbage bag)

Large bags (for example black garbage bag)

8. What was the most unique or interesting piece of litter you collected?

9. What is your email address, in case we would like to contact cleanup organizers for future Days of Action on Litter? (Optional)

Section 2 : What types of litter did you collect (optional)

The litter breakdown below is optional, to help the province better understand the amount and types of litter being found. Thank you for your participation!

Plastic items

1. Number of plastic beverage containers and bottle caps

2. Number of plastic straws

3. Number of plastic utensils

4. Number of plastic grocery bags

5. Number of other plastic packaging (for example food wrappers, zipper bags)

Other items

6. Number of cigarette butts

7. Number of other foodware items (for example coffee cups, foam take out containers)

8. Number of glass bottles

9. Number of metal items (for example aluminum cans, metal bottle caps)

10. Number of personal hygiene products (for example toothbrushes, disposable wipes)

11. Number of clothing items

12. Number of pet waste bags

Privacy policy and notice of collection

The personal information you supply will be used by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to determine how to better manage waste in our province. All submissions on this page will be collected by the ministry.

If you choose to share your submission publicly, it may also be used in future reports or other communications material by the ministry. If you choose to provide personal information through this website or by email, your information will be handled according to our Privacy Statement.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at actONlitter@ontario.ca.

Updated: July 19, 2024

Published: July 11, 2024