Clean-up events
You are welcome to participate in keeping our city clean by organising a clean-up event or joining one arranged by the city. Different types of clean-up events are organised in Espoo, and through these you can do your part to keep the local environment clean and your neighbourhood pleasant to live in.
Don’t hesitate to volunteer!
There is no financial compensation for organising or participating in a clean-up event.
Organise an environmental clean-up event or join one!
Collect litter from forests, parks, riversides and roadsides. You can collect litter from your local environment when it best suits you. You should not collect plant waste, sticks, hazardous waste or electronic waste in a clean-up event. You can give feedback on these through our feedback system.
Support provided by the city
If necessary, the city can provide you with waste bags, litter grippers and reflective vests.
Litter Movement(external link)
The Litter Movement encourages people to pick up at least one piece of litter every day and to invite at least one person to join the movement.
A clean-up event is a great way to make your living environment more appealing. The purpose of a clean-up event is to pick up litter from public areas. Information on the time period for spring clean-up events will be provided during the spring.
The city provides waste bags and litter grippers and, if necessary, collects the bagged waste.
What can I do?
During a spring clean-up event, residents can pick up litter, such as paper, cans, bottles and metal waste, from the city’s lands.
You can participate by yourself or, for example with your hobby group or work community. There is plenty of litter to go around!
A joint project for municipalities in the capital region
Siisti pääkaupunkiseutu (keep the capital region clean) is a joint project in which Helsinki, Kauniainen, Espoo and Vantaa jointly coordinate a spring clean-up of public areas. The goal is to provide a cleaner and safer environment for everyone living in or visiting the capital region.
Sign up for the spring clean-up event 2022(external link)! The registration period is from 15 March to 31 May 2022.
A clean-up event is a great way to make your living environment more appealing. The purpose of a clean-up event is to pick up litter from public areas.
What can I do?
The purpose of an autumn clean-up event is to pick up litter from your local environment. You can pick up litter from forests, parks, riversides and roadsides on the city’s lands.
Participate in or organise a fun autumn clean-up event by yourself or with a group. There is plenty of litter to go around!
You should not collect organic waste (e.g. plant waste, sticks), hazardous waste or electronic waste in a clean-up event.
Support provided by the city
If necessary, the city can provide you with litter grippers and collect the bagged waste. Please notify the Public Works Department’s customer service of the exact location of the waste heap and a rough idea of the amount of waste.
The city can also provide you with posters which can be used to let the neighbourhood know about the upcoming clean-up event.
You can find information on Espoo´s invasive species and their control on the invasive species page.
Come and do your part for our hometown’s environment! The City of Espoo offers Espoo-based companies and communities an opportunity to keep their local area clean, for example by picking litter, raking leaves, painting fences or removing harmful invasive species. An environmental clean-up event can be organised as a wellbeing at work (tyhy) activity by schools, classes, organisations or companies.
Clean-up events can be organised between 1 June and 15 October. In the registration form(external link), you should indicate the desired tasks, site and date, the estimated number of participants and the contact person’s details.