Cleanup Results – Great Lake Cleaners

Stopping plastic at the source

800kg

of plastics and debris hauled out from local waterways in the last 6 months by hand and by paddle. We intercept debris upstream, before it fragments into microplastics or leaches chemicals into our lakes. Help keep our waters clean:

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How much debris did we remove?

≈ 2 moose, lifted out of the river

lifted out of the river

Debris & Recycling diverted over time

Everything we collect on shore or on the water helps reduce downstream pollution in our Great Lakes. Debris (kg) is landfill, tires and metal. Recyclables are counted as items, not weight, and are diverted to the blue bin program.

Debris 800 kg

Items recycled 1,700

1,700 items removed from our watershed. EVERY DOT = 5 ITEMS

129.7 hours on the water

We cleaned 19 unique sites and 15 river corridors since March 28, 2026.

Volunteer hours 129.7

Tires, bikes & shopping carts, pulled from the water

The heaviest, most stubborn debris in our waterways — tap any icon to see that cleanup.

12 tires

5 bikes

9 shopping carts

Who we met along the way

We're not just removing debris — we're protecting habitat.

Snapping turtle, egret, blue heron

Snapping turtle, egret, blue heron

Egret

Crayfish and minnow shoals

Crayfish and minnow shoals

Green Herons, Egret, Cormorants, Red Ear Sliders

Green Herons, Egret, Cormorants, Red Ear Sliders

Three painted turtles basking

Three painted turtles basking

West End Community Centre

Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterfly

Common merganser

Common merganser

Cormorant

Twelve-spotted skimmer dragonfly

Twelve-spotted skimmer dragonfly

West End Community Center

Northern green frogs

Northern green frogs

West End Community Center

Minnows, Loons

Leech

American Toad

West End Community Center

Redwinged Blackbirds

Redwinged Blackbirds

Two Beavers

Cliff Swallows

American mink catching fish, two great blue herons, ducklings

American mink catching fish, two great blue herons, ducklings

Ducklings and mother duck; canada geese

Ducklings and mother duck; canada geese

sandpipers and king fishers

sandpipers and king fishers

Nesting Canada Goose

Nesting Canada Goose

Where we spotted them

78⁺ Cleanups 800^{+ kg} Debris Removed 130⁺ Volunteer Hours 1,700⁺ Items Recycled 15⁺ River Corridors