Clean City

You can volunteer to help keep Minneapolis beautiful. Take part in one of our Clean City programs and make a difference in our city.
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Adopt-a-Block

You can improve your neighborhood's curb appeal when you volunteer to keep your block f...

Adopt-an-Ash Receptacle

You can reduce cigarette litter in Minneapolis when you volunteer to empty an ash recep...

Adopt-a-Drain

You can help keep our waterways clean by adopting a storm drain in your neighborhood.

Adopt-a-Litter Container

By adopting a litter container, you can reduce litter on the streets where you live and...

Adopt-a-Median

It’s easy to keep our medians, traffic circles, and other public green spaces bea...

Adopt-a-Recycling Container

You can help keep Minneapolis clean and beautiful by adopting a recycling container.

Adopt-a-Street or Highway

We invite you to adopt a street or highway to help keep our city clean. The City provid...

Clean City Classroom

When you become a Clean City Classroom educator, you can teach youth about the best way...

Community garden compost

The City offers no cost and low-cost compost to community gardens in Minneapolis.

Graffiti paint over program

You can get paint from the City to paint over graffiti on public property. Paint is ava...

Litter cleanup

Minneapolis stays beautiful with the help of volunteers like you. When you sign up to r...

Storm drain stenciling

You can organize a group to stencil our motto and clean up storms drains in your neighb...

Related resources

vines on the side of a garage

Prevent graffiti
paint cans and paint brush

Paint over graffiti
graffiti remove spray bottle, sponge and gloves

Remove graffiti

Use less salt to protect our environment

Salt is a major concern for all bodies of water. Learn the best practices for using de-icing salt.
Take the salt mini-course

Contact us

Clean City Coordinator

Public Works - Solid Waste & Recycling

Email Clean City Coordinator

Phone

612-673-2789

Address

Eastside Maintenance Facility
2635 University Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Office hours

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday

This building is closed to the public.