Join Manhattan solid waste advisory board and Riverkeeper for a cleanup and data collection project collecting and counting cigarette butts which will be sent to Terracycle for recycling for the 11th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep.

Volunteers will meet at the north west corner of Broadway and 165^th street by the Children’s Hospital.

We ask all Sweep volunteers to also bring a hat, sunscreen, a full reusable water bottle, and a face mask, work gloves and hand sanitizer. Please bring gloves, grabbers if possible, and a paper bag. Participants will be collecting and counting cigarette butts.

This site is suitable for elementary-aged children with adult supervision.

Questions? Contact Riverkeeper at [email protected] or Joyce at [email protected].

*IMPORTANT! To ensure the safety of volunteers, Sweep Site Leaders, park staff, and our communities, we ask that volunteers adhere to the following guidelines:

• Volunteers are required to pre-register for Sweep, and bring their own masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and water.
• All participants and Sweep Leaders from different households must wear masks when closer than 3-6 ft from one another.
• Sweep Leaders should maintain a distance of 15 feet and wear masks when providing announcements to volunteers.
• Volunteers should not participate if they have ANY signs of illness or if they have potentially been exposed to COVID-19 within the previous two weeks.