Springfield is more beautiful than ever, thanks to the volunteers and households who took part in the City’s Clean Green Springfield 2024 initiative.

Nearly 1,000 individuals registered to volunteer in one or more volunteer cleanup or beautification opportunities in April and May. Volunteer opportunities included one-time street and stream cleanups, beautification projects, Point of Pride Cleanup events and provided volunteer support for the scheduled Neighborhood Cleanups hosted by Community Partnership of the Ozarks.

This season, approximately 930 individuals followed up on their registration, completing one or more of their volunteer commitments. Assuming an average of 2.5 hours of volunteer work per participant, it’s estimated that Clean Green volunteers logged more than 2,325 volunteer hours through the spring initiative. 

Clean Greeners collected approximately 865 bags of trash throughout the campaign, estimated at more than 10 tons of litter removed from Springfield streets, neighborhoods and waterways.

New in 2024, Clean Green Springfield hosted two “Dropoff Depot” disposal opportunities, helping an estimated 1,000 households clean up their homes and dispose of tires, mattresses and general trash and bulky items. 1,332 tires and 407 mattresses in total were collected for recycling. Clean Green also provided the opportunity to dispose of general trash and bulky items, filling more than 18 roll-off dumpsters totaling up to an estimated 72 tons of trash.