Spring to action! Sign up today to help keep Seattle clean, protect our environment, and build community with your neighbors. Get involved in your neighborhood with Seattle Public Utilities this spring!
As the days grow longer and spring awakens, we have the perfect opportunities for you to make a difference in our beautiful city. Join one of our neighborhood stewardship activities in April and May to care for Seattle, help your neighborhood, and protect our environment. Read on to learn about our programs and discover the many ways to Spring to Action!
April Events
| Date | Information | Learn more about SPU’s programs |
| Saturday, April 6 | Join a community cleanup! 9 AM – noon: Mt. Baker Hub Alliance Monthly Clean Up at Hoa Mai Preschool 9:30 AM – 3 PM: Tilth Alliance Community Volunteer Day at Meridian Playground | Adopt a Street |
| Wednesday, April 10 | Learn about composting at home! 6 AM – 7:30 PM: Greenwood Public Library | Garden Hotline |
| Friday, April 12 | Learn how your vegetable garden can be a habitat! 6 AM – 7:30 PM: Greenwood Public Library | Garden Hotline |
| Sunday, April 14 | Join a community cleanup! 10 AM – noon: Tidy Uptown Monthly Clean Up in Queen Anne 10 AM – noon: Caring for Capitol Hill Community Clean Up | Adopt a Street |
| Saturday, April 20 | Protect trees and water quality! 10 AM – 1 PM: Trees for Seattle Earth Day Volunteer Restoration at Meadowbrook Pond | Trees for Seattle |
| Saturday, April 20 | Join a community cleanup! 9 AM – noon: Friends of Madison Park Spring Clean Day 10 AM – noon: Adopt a Street All Hands Neighborhood Cleanup in Othello (Meet at Inflorescence Mural Plaza) 10 AM – 1 PM: Wallingford Neighborhood Clean Up 1:30 – 3:30 PM: Hillman City/Brighton Park Neighborhood Cleanup | Adopt a Street |
| Sunday, April 21 | Join a community cleanup! 10 AM – noon: Jaxler (Jackson/Yesler) Community Cleanup (Meet at Powell Barnett Park) 1 – 3 PM: Enjoy Lake City Together Community Clean Up | Adopt a Street |
| Monday, April 22 | Join a Cleanup! 10 – 12 PM; Rainier Beach Action Coalition Cleanup (Meet at 44th Ave S & S Renton Ave S) | Adopt a Street |
May Events
| Date | Information | Learn more about SPU’s programs |
| Saturday, May 4 | Join a community cleanup! 9 AM – noon: All Hands Neighborhood Cleanup/Mt. Baker Hub Alliance Monthly Clean-Up, at Hoa Mai Preschool. | Adopt a Street |
| Saturday, May 11 | Participate in a Recycle and Reuse Collection Event! Time TBD: Recycling and Reuse Collection Event at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church. | |
| Sunday, May 12 | Join a community cleanup! 10 AM – noon: Caring for Capitol Hill Community Clean Up (Facebook) | Adopt a Street |
| Wednesday, May 15 | Join a community cleanup! 6:00 – 7:00 pm; Electric Butter Marketing (Facebook) | Adopt a Street |
| Saturday, May 18 | One Seattle Day of Service Sign up to volunteer with one of 90+ service projects planned that day or sign up to host an event! 8:30 AM – 1 PM: Recycling and Reuse Collection Event at Phinney Neighborhood Center. | One Seattle Day of Service |
Seattle Public Utilities Programs and Resources:
Seattle Public Utilities fosters healthy people and environment by working with you to manage our waste and water. We invite you to learn more about ways you can get involved and about how your public utility is protecting the environment 365 days each year.
- Adopt a Street: Volunteer-run litter and graffiti removal program.
- Steward our trees: Become a Seattle Tree Steward and preserve trees around Seattle’s urban forest.
- Care for your storm drain: Reduce water pollution and flooding by raking leaves, stenciling storm drains, and/or Adopting a Drain!
- Request a free pollution prevention spill kit: We provide free kits and spill prevention plans to Seattle businesses who need help complying with stormwater regulations.
- Take steps to prevent waste: Find simple ways you can waste less and be part of the solution by reducing food waste and participating in Beyond the Cart events. Be part of the solution whether you are at spring cleaning, home, at work, or out on the town.
- ReuseSeattle: Find reusable service providers, reuse incentives, and reduce waste.
- Planet vs. Plastics: This Earth Day, practice 5 ways to break free from plastic.
- Visit and learn more about our Cedar River Watershed.
- Saving Water Partnership: Attend a gardening class, find tips, tools, rebates and information for saving water.
See a few other ways your public waste and water utility is protecting the environment. We are:
- Restoring the Cedar River for People and Fish – At Your Service (seattle.gov)
- Taking Big Steps Toward Zero Waste – At Your Service
- Collecting wastewater for people living in RVs
- Building a 2.7-mile underground storage tunnel to reduce sewage overflows
- Learn more at Protecting Our Environment – Utilities | seattle.gov