Busy summers come with lots of litter. Help us keep the Tahoe that we love clean by participating in Tahoe’s Trash Pickup Challenge September 18 – 30! You can join us at our in-person events, cleanup remotely or do both. We are getting a later start this year due to the Caldor Fire. We are glad to hear that the Tahoe Basin is currently safe.
Let’s kick off the challenge by celebrating World Cleanup Day/CA Coastal Cleanup Day/Great Sierra River Cleanup on September 18! Join us by tidying up in your neighborhood, local happy place or one of the litter hot spots listed remotely! You can clean also cleanup any day, any time and let us know by filling out the sign up form.
Sign up here to let us know when you will be joining, select your “hot spot” cleanup location and if you would like to borrow cleanup supplies from one of our three pickup locations.
Report what you find while cleaning up and double the impact of your efforts by using the “That’s Not Natural” Report on the Citizen Science App (open at citizensciencetahoe.org) or by using a data card (provided in the cleanup kits or downloading it here) and either drop it off to the location you borrowed cleanup supplies from or email it to [email protected].
Learn more about why cleanups are important and how to conduct a successful cleanup. Attend the virtual Tahoe Blue Crew training on September 28, adopt your Tahoe happy place and keep it litter-free all month and year! Sign up here.
Enter our Tahoe’s Trash Pickup Challenge raffle by submitting data from your cleanup on the Citizen Science Tahoe app, or by emailing a photo of the litter you find to [email protected]. The more data and photos you submit the more entries you get. We will select winners at the end of the month. Below are the photo categories. See our full raffle terms and conditions here. We have lots of awesome prizes!
Photo challenge categories to be entered into our raffle at the end of the month.
1) Best before and after
2) Most single-use items collected
3) Most unusual item collected
4) Selfie with your trash collected
Post your photos for all to see here on our Facebook event page, and use the hashtags #TahoeBlueGooder #litterfreetahoe
Thanks for joining us to #KeepTahoeBlue!
This event is hosted by Clean Tahoe, Incline Village Waste Not, and the League to Save Lake Tahoe.