Host a Project Blitz Clean-up For Your Neighborhood

Project Blitz is Brightside St. Louis' campaign to clean up city neighborhoods. Projects can be scheduled year-round, allowing groups to select a clean-up date and location that is convenient for them.

Blitz is a fantastic opportunity to join your neighbors in making your neighborhood better. It's your chance to help clean up the area streets, alleys and vacant lots. All you have to do is supply the energy; Brightside will supply the tools and trash bags!

Anyone can organize a Blitz project. Neighbors, businesses, schools, churches, scout troops and other civic organizations are encouraged to get involved. No project is too big or too small. Whether you focus on one block or an entire neighborhood, it all makes a positive difference!

Get Organized

• Review the Responsibilities of a Blitz Organizer.
• Determine when you would like to hold your blitz. Keep in mind that Brightside needs one week's notice for tool requests and two weeks' notice for roll-off container requests.
• Check the list of tools provided by Brightside to see what you would like to request. Be sure to base the number of tools on the tasks you plan to accomplish and number of volunteers you will have – ex: 10 volunteers for an alley clean-up may need 2 flat-edged shovels, 3 leaf rakes, 3 push brooms and 30 trash bags. Please wash gloves before returning.

Schedule Your Blitz

• Fill out a Blitz Project Registration Form. You can apply online or print the registration form and email/mail/fax it to:

Brightside St. Louis
4646 Shenandoah Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-772-4646 (phone)
314-772-7444 (fax)

info@brightsidestl.org

Tool Requests

Pick up tools on Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You will need to bring a state photo ID when tools are picked up.

Please make special arrangements with Brightside for tool pick-ups/returns outside of these days/hours. Note that Brightside is closed on holidays.

Return tools on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

You will be charged a minimum $30.00 replacement fee for each tool not returned.

If your clean-up area has dumpsters in the alley 

• Trash: Place all small items in trash (brown) dumpsters. Be careful NOT to overload.
• Yard Waste: Place grass, leaves and twigs in "Yard Waste Only" (green) dumpsters.
• Recycling: Place recyclable items in recycling (blue) dumpsters. Get a list of recyclable materials.
• All debris must be put into the appropriate receptacles. Loose debris will NOT be picked up.
• Bulk Items: If you anticipate that your clean-up will generate bulk items, it is best to schedule your clean up for the weekend before your regularly scheduled bulk pick-up.To find out when your monthly bulk pick-up is please check the sticker on your trash container or check the City's Address and Property Lookup. For more information about bulk pick-up, get instructions from the Refuse Division.
• Branches: Yard waste more than 2 inches in diameter must be cut to lengths no longer than 3 feet and must be bundled and placed with bulk items during your regularly scheduled bulk pick-up week.

If your clean-up area has roll-out carts for each individual household 

• Trash: Place all small items in your green roll-out carts. Be careful NOT to overload.
• Recycling: Place recyclable items in your blue recycling roll-out carts. Get a list of recyclable materials.
• Yard Waste: Bag your grass, leaves and twigs and set aside until your regularly scheduled yard waste collection day.
• Bulk Items: If you anticipate your clean-up will generate bulk items, it is best to schedule your clean-up for the weekend before your regularly scheduled bulk pick-up week. To find out when your monthly bulk pick-up is please check the sticker on your trash container or check the City's Address and Property Lookup. For more information about bulk pick-up, get instructions from the Refuse Division.
• Branches: Yard waste more than 2 inches in diameter must be cut to lengths no longer than 3 feet and must be bundled and placed with bulk items during your regularly scheduled bulk pick-up week.

If you have requested a roll-off container, it will be placed at the designated location on the Friday before a group's scheduled clean-up and will be collected the following Monday. Blitz organizers are responsible for making sure that trash and yard waste are not commingled in the roll-off and that no one dumps illegally into the roll-off container.

Trash, recycling and yard waste receptacles will be emptied according to your regularly scheduled refuse collection schedule.

Bulk items such as furniture, large appliances, tires, car batteries and motor oil will be collected during your regularly schedule bulk collection week.

If bulk items have not been picked up by Friday of your regularly scheduled bulk pick-up week, please call the Citizens Service Bureau at 622-4800.

Additional recycling resources:

• Blitz Project Registration
• Recycling in the City: City's Recycling Division
• Refuse collection in the City: City's Refuse Division