The North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge is an annual regionwide litter cleanup competition among North Texas communities to see who can pick up the most litter per resident.  Communities, churches, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, companies, activists, or just ordinary citizens can organize litter cleanup events or simply log existing events and efforts as they occur. At the end of the contest, the community with the most litter cleaned up per resident will receive the North Texas Community Cleanup award that they can proudly display in their city hall. The trophy will move from community to community, each adding their name to the legacy of litter cleanup efforts.

The fifth annual North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge and Mayors' Challenge will be held from March 1 to May 31, 2025. The following communities listed below have all signed on to compete this year. We would love to see your community added to this growing list! To participate in the Community Cleanup Challenge, please send an email confirming your community's interest to stormwater@nctcog.org by April 15, 2025. 

• City of Allen*
• City of Carrollton 
• City of Cedar Hill
• Town of Edgecliff Village 
• City of Forest Hill*
• City of Fort Worth
• City of Frisco 
• City of Garland
• City of Grapevine 
• City of Joshua*
• City of Mansfield*
• City of McKinney  
• City of Plano 
• City of Richardson
• City of Sachse
• City of Weatherford 

*Denotes community also participating in the Mayor's Challenge. 

Cleanup Events

Participants in the 2025 North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge may use the Texas Litter Database to log cleanup events.  To ensure proper reporting, please enter CCC25 in the External ID field.

Log Cleanup Event