Keep Delaware County Beautiful

Take the 5 Lakes Challenge with The Onion Bag Litter Prevention Project! Help keep them beautiful this summer by joining the week-long litter clean-up effort across five central Ohio reservoirs!

📅 July 20–24, 2026
📍 Hoover • Alum Creek • Delaware • O'Shaughnessy • Griggs Reservoirs

💙 Pick a location, grab a friend, and take the challenge!

If you live in or near Genoa Township, Brown Township Delaware Ohio, Berlin Township, Troy Township, Delaware Ohio, and Liberty Township, City of Delaware, Ohio - Government or Village of Shawnee Hills Government, this is a great opportunity to help care for the reservoirs that are part of your community.

♻️ Recycle During the Week! ♻️

Did you know that recycling bins are often busiest on weekends? By visiting your local recycling drop-off site during the week, you'll find more available space and help keep materials loose and properly sorted for recycling.

When bins have room, recyclables are less likely to overflow and more likely to make it through the recycling process successfully.

🌸🗑️ shout out to Hills Blooms for their recent cleanup efforts!

Eight dedicated volunteers came together to help beautify the community, collecting 5 bags of litter and 2 bags of recyclable materials. 👏♻️

Thank you for helping keep Shawnee Hills clean, green, and beautiful!

🌿💚 shout out to the many volunteers making a difference across Delaware County this Earth Day!

Residents in Kingston and Harlem Township came together for community and roadway cleanups, with 23 volunteers collecting 30 bags of litter. 👏

A special thank you as well to the Chinmaya Mission volunteers in Liberty Township, who regularly clean sections of Sawmill Parkway and Hyatts Road throughout the year. Their Earth Day efforts removed 4 more bags of trash from our roadways! 🗑️🌎

🚲🌿 shout out to the Delaware County Board of Realtors for holding their annual bike path clean-up in April!

The group collected 15 bags of litter while helping keep our community trails clean and enjoyable for everyone. 👏🗑️ Great work, and thank you for giving back to the community!

🌿🗑️ shout out to longtime organizer Craig, the Village of Galena, and Girl Scout Troops 4815, 1565, 5214, and 4803 for their incredible cleanup efforts!

Together, volunteers removed an estimated 250 pounds of trash from the community. 👏💚

Thank you for your continued dedication to keeping Galena clean, beautiful, and welcoming for everyone!

Volunteers are needed this Sunday, May 31, from 2–5 PM at the Scioto Park and Nature Center Prairie, located behind the back baseball field at 4363 Marysville Rd. Help is needed with weeding, laying cardboard, and spreading mulch. Please bring flattened cardboard and a water bottle. THANK YOU!

🌎🌱 shoutout to the amazing volunteers in Genoa Township!

Thank you to the 20 dedicated volunteers who rolled up their sleeves for Earth Day and cleared a dump truck load of last year’s foliage, mulch, and weeds from Commonwealth Park. 👏🍃

Your hard work helped refresh and beautify the park for the whole community to enjoy!

🌿💚 shoutout to Lexi and her neighbors for helping keep the Carson Farms trails clean and beautiful!

In March, 18 volunteers came together to collect an estimated 160 pounds of litter from the trails and surrounding area. 👏🗑️

Every cleanup makes a difference, and there’s always time to organize one in your own neighborhood. Thank you for showing what community pride looks like!

🌟🧹 shout out to the 25 amazing volunteers who collected 19 bags of litter during Main Street Delaware, Inc. 's Annual Spring Clean-Up!

Thank you to everyone for helping spruce up downtown Delaware and keep it looking clean, welcoming, and beautiful ahead of a busy summer! 👏🌿🗑️