Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien has declared April 22 to 28, 2022 as Rotary Super Spring Clean-up Week and the three Rotary clubs in the Peterborough area have issued a call to action to area residents.
For the past 15 years, Peterborough Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, and the Rotary Club of Bridgenorth-Ennismore-Lakefield have come together to organize large community clean-ups in the spring.
“You can see the amount of garbage that has collected over the winter in parks, ravines, roadsides, and ditches,” reads a media release. “Plastic in particular is harmful as it breaks down to micro particles and is now found in lakes, rivers, oceans, and even in our ground water.”
The annual spring clean-up is part of an international Rotary project called The Great Lakes Watershed Clean-up, where hundreds of Rotary clubs on both sides of the border organize clean-ups in their own communities to help protect the watershed area of the Great Lakes.
The local Rotary clubs are encouraging Peterborough-area residents to take part in this year’s efforts to clean up the community and the environment by starting or joining a clean-up group and choosing an area, a roadside, a ravine, a park, or a trail to pick up trash.
For more information, including clean-up safety guidelines, visit www.superspringcleaup.ca.
