City invites residents to celebrate Earth Day

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BRANTFORD, ON – At their meeting held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Brantford City Council proclaimed the week of April 20 to 26, 2025 as Earth Week in Brantford. The proclamation is based around Earth Day, which occurs annually on April 22 and recognizes environmental activism across the world. This year marks its 55th anniversary.

In support of Earth Week, the City of Brantford is pleased to announce a number of environmental events and initiatives for residents to get involved and reduce their carbon footprint.

Let’s Clean Our City

The fourth annual Let’s Clean Our City cleanup event takes place on Friday, April 25, 2025, and Saturday, April 26, 2025, and calls upon the community to come together for a citywide litter pick up. Over the past three years, our community has collected over 1,200 kilograms of trash with more than 2,000 individuals participating each year. Be part of the biggest collective clean-up event of the year and help keep Brantford clean!

Individuals, schools, groups, neighbourhood associations, and organizations are invited to register online to indicate their cleanup location within the city and supplies needed. Residents are encouraged to use their own reusable gloves but cleanup kits that include one large garbage bag, one large clear recycling bag, a pair of gloves, and information on how to dispose of different materials will be available for pickup. Cleanup kits can be picked up at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, 254 North Park Street, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Monday, April 21 until Friday, April 25, 2025, and from City Hall Customer Service, 58 Dalhousie Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Tuesday, April 22 until Friday, April 25, 2025.

Individuals can leave their collected litter at the curbside with their regular garbage pickup if it is five bags or under in total. Groups or larger cleanups can bring the collected garbage to one of three disposal locations where City of Brantford staff will dispose of it for you:

  • Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre Parking Lot, 254 North Park Street
  • Holmedale Park, 331 Grand River Avenue 
  • Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community Centre, 333 Erie Avenue 

Prizes will be randomly awarded to registered participants that submit a photo online of their cleanup efforts. Prizes are offered in the following categories:

  • Individuals can win one of two $50 gift cards to a local business.
  • Neighbourhood Associations can win a $500 prize to be spent on an environmental initiative in their neighbourhood.
  • Community groups, businesses or other organizations can win a $500 cash donation to a local charity of their choice.
  • Participating schools can win a $500 cash donation to be spent on an environmental initiative (e.g. countertop composter, planting trees in the school yard) or donating to a local charity of their choice.

To participate in the Let’s Clean Our City Photo Contest and to receive your cleanup kit, register at Brantford.ca/CleanBrantford by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Participants are also encouraged to share photos of their efforts on social media by tagging the City of Brantford and using the hashtag #CleanBrantford.

Free Tree Giveaway

To support local climate action, the City of Brantford is offering 370 FREE trees (18” to 24”) for Brantford residents to plant on their residential property. Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 14, homeowners can register online at Brantford.ca/FreeTrees on a first come, first serve basis to select their preferred tree species and pickup time. Eight native species of trees will be made available with a limit of one free tree per residential property. Tree pickup is scheduled for Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 at 1 Sherwood Drive, Brantford. The trees must be picked up and planted by residents.

Community Tree Planting

Join the Brant Tree Coalition for the 12th Annual Brantford Community Tree Planting on Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at D’Aubigny Creek Park at 5 Oakhill Drive, Brantford. The group will plant 1,000 native trees and shrubs to help naturalize an area of D’Aubigny Creek Park. For more information, please call 519-759-4150.

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Media Contact:

Kelly Page | Communications Specialist, Communications and Community Engagement
City of Brantford | 519-759-4150 ext. 5779 | kpage@brantford.ca