About the Program:
Who can participate?
All are welcome. Volunteer as an individual, family, business, organization, or as part of a group of friends or neighbours.
What is involved?
As an adopt-a-street volunteer, you will collect small amounts of litter from streets, boulevards and lanes at least once a month for a year. We'll provide the tools and supplies you need, including safety vests, litter pickers, gloves, buckets and bags. You are required to wear the safety vest and gloves while cleaning.
Why participate
You can help support City crews by keeping your neighbourhood street clean, litter-free and beautiful. By participating in adopt-a-street, you will be:
- making our city look healthy and vibrant
- joining a great cause and creating a sense of community and purpose for friends, family, and colleagues
- helping protect our waterways by reducing pollution in storm water runoff
setting a good example for others to follow
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I would like to volunteer
General Interests
Adopt a Street
Adopt-a-Street is a volunteer-driven program that encourages you—our residents, businesses and organizations—to keep the neighbourhoods where we live, work and play clean and safe. Improve the livability and beauty of the city we love by keeping your adopted street litter-free.
Mission Statement
Love your neighbourhood?
Help keep it litter-free
We respectfully acknowledge that the City of Burnaby is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Peoples. Each Nation has distinct histories and distinct traditional territories that fully or partially encompass the city.
We encourage you to learn more about the Host Nations whose ancestors have occupied and used these lands, including parts of present-day Burnaby, for thousands of years.
