Mayor Malik Hosting Earth Day Clean Up on Friday April 19
Litter Clean Up to Take Place in Middlebury
Akron, Ohio, April 15, 2024 — This Friday, April 19, the City of Akron, in partnership with Keep Akron Beautiful, will host a litter clean up event in the Middlebury neighborhood in honor of Earth Day. The clean up will take place from 1pm-3pm and will begin at Keep Akron Beautiful’s headquarters at 850 E Market St. Volunteers are welcome to join and can register online here. Materials will be provided including bags, gloves, and grabbers.
Keep Akron Beautiful (KAB) is a nonprofit organization, that was established in 1981 to implement a comprehensive litter prevention, recycling promotion and beautification program for the City of Akron. For last year’s Clean Up Akron Month (observed in April each year) Keep Akron Beautiful organized 18,035 volunteers. These volunteers spent time removing 60.6 tons of trash and 85 tires.
“I’m excited to host this clean up event as we celebrate Earth Day here in Akron,” said Mayor Malik. “This is a great opportunity for our community to come together with city employees and Keep Akron Beautiful to help beautify our city. If you can’t make it to this clean up event, I encourage you to check out other options to volunteer and get involved throughout April.”
Friday’s event will happen rain or shine and will only be canceled for serious weather, so volunteers are asked to dress appropriately.
Earth Day Events in Akron:
- Conservancy for CVNP – Invasive Plant Removal
- April 18 from 1pm-3:30pm
- Earth Day Invasive Plant Removal – April 18 – Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park (conservancyforcvnp.org)
- Habitat Restore – Recycling Event
- City of Akron Clean Up
- April 19 from 1pm-3pm at Keep Akron Beautiful
- Sign up to Volunteer
- Kenmore Branch Library – Earth Day Celebration
- Party for the Planet - Akron Zoo
- April 20 from 11am-4pm
- Party for the Planet | Akron Zoo
- Upcycling for the Earth - Summit MetroParks
- April 21 from 12:30pm-2pm at Summit Lake Nature Center
- Programs & Events Calendar | Summit Metro Parks
- Earth Day for Kids - Summit MetroParks
- April 21 from 1pm-3pm at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm
- Programs & Events Calendar | Summit Metro Parks
- Ohio Erie Canalway
- April 27 from 9am-Noon
- Ohio & Erie Canal Cleanups | Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (ohioeriecanal.org)
- Planting Change - Keep Akron Beautiful
- April 27 from 12pm-3pm
- Planting Change