Welcome to my Trash Clean-ups Site
Join me in making a difference by volunteering for trash clean-ups in and around Santa Clara city.
Why I Organize Community Clean-Ups
My name is Rishab, and I live in Santa Clara. One day in May of 2024 while running errands at the mall, I noticed a disturbing amount of trash along the sidewalk. Seeing all that litter was heartbreaking and inspired me to take action. Although I had participated in a few trash cleanups before, this made me want to organize my own.
There are so many signs urging us to “clean up after ourselves,” yet litter still fills our streets. If we all followed these simple reminders, we could create a cleaner, healthier environment for everyone.
I am organizing these clean-ups to make a real difference through action, not just words. Together, we can keep our community and planet beautiful.
Why Join Me?
By participating, you’re helping to undo the impact of littering - whether it’s that stray wrapper or any other waste left behind. Each clean-up helps us restore and beautify our community. You can see upcoming events and sign up here.
It’s Easy and Fun!
Clean-ups aren’t exhausting—you’ll be surprised how enjoyable it can be to pick up scraps, meet new people, all the while chatting and even laughing along the way!
It’s Rewarding!
After a simple walk of about an hour, it feels great to have done something good...and touched grass :-)How to volunteer with me
Learn more about opportunities and sign up to volunteer with me.
Read My Blog
Trash clean-ups is one way to help the planet. Read my blog about why I'm passionate about this cause and other ways to contribute.
Recent Clean-Ups
11/9/2024
In order to get the feel of how it is like to organize your own trash cleanup before doing our first one, we went on a small part of the Saratoga Creek Trail and filled up two full bags of trash with not a lot of walking. By doing this, we found that it was not so hard to actually host our own cleanup, because it is simply just walking, talking, and picking up trash into bags.
9/21/2024
On this day, we went to a trash cleanup hosted by the Creek Connections Action Group, which gave us a look at how other people host trash cleanups. It was on a path along the Calabazas Creek, and we filled up two full trash bags alone with a short distance, and combined with the work of other people, we filled a full pickup truck with trash bags!
05/20/2020
One of my first trash clean ups was during the pandemic!
Nature Photos Gallery
I enjoy nature photography. You can browse some of my photos here.
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