Community Cleanup Programs

Register for a community cleanup event

Every fall and spring, the City of Fairfax organizes a community litter cleanup event where volunteers come together to make the city a cleaner and safer place. Cleanup events reduce pollution, protect wildlife, beautify the community, raise awareness of plastic pollution and promote community bonding. Picking up litter is a small effort that makes a big impact on our local environment and community. 

City residents participating in community cleanup events also are eligible to apply for stormwater utility credits; please visit the Stormwater Utility page for more information. Contact city staff with general questions or comments about the city's stormwater utility at stormwaterutility@fairfaxva.gov or call 703-385-2578.

Upcoming events

The next Community Cleanup Event will be held in fall 2025.

Unable to make a city cleanup event?

Visit our volunteer page for more opportunities to help the environment or join one our regional partners in their efforts to reduce litter, restore habitats from invasive species, and preserve the health and safety of the watershed.

Friends of Accotink Creek are committed to protecting, promoting and restoring the water quality, natural habitat, and ecological well-being of the Accotink Creek Watershed. For more information, visit the Friends of Accotink Creek webpage.

Participating in stream cleanup or invasive removal events within the city's boundaries, with a regional partner, may qualify for Stormwater Utility Credits. Visit the Stormwater Utility Credit Program webpage for more information.