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. To participate in the Community Cleanup Challenge, please send an email confirming your community's interest to stormwater@nctcog.org by April 15, 2025. 

Congratulations to the City of Burleson on winning the 2024 North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge and the Mayor's Challenge! We appreciate the efforts of all our participants and would like to thank the following communities who participated in the 2024 Community Cleanup Challenge!   

• City of Burleson
• City of Carrollton 
• City of Dallas
• City of Fort Worth
• City of Frisco 
• City of Garland 
• City of Grand Prairie 
• City of Mansfield 
• City of Plano 

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