Garbage Olympics Winners Announced

PITTSBURGH, PA (September 24, 2018) Twenty neighborhood groups kept busy Saturday morning competing in Pittsburgh's 2nd Annual Garbage Olympics. Teams from the neighborhoods had two hours to pick up trash throughout their communities.

Members of the Mayor's Clean Pittsburgh Commission counted and assessed the piles collected, and announced the winners at a pizza and awards ceremony at Spirit Lodge in Lawrenceville. Local businesses and leaders donated prizes, including lunch with Mayor William Peduto.



Beechview took home the Oscar the Grouch trophy for most trash collected, Garfield won for strangest item found, and North Oakland secured the spot for dirtiest volunteer. Central Oakland organized the most volunteers: a whopping 47.

Photos of the event will be posted throughout the day here.



The Department of Public Works is working diligently this morning to haul the bagged litter to the dump.



By the numbers:

20 neighborhoods

233+ volunteers

640 contractors bags of litter

182 tires

29 TV's

1 refrigerator



Allentown: 56 bags

Beechview: 70 bags, 5 TV's, 1 refrigerator, 1 bike

Bloomfield: 12 bags, 3 tires, 1 fender

Brighton Heights: 28 bags

California-Kirkbride: 32 bags, 21 tires, 5 TV's

Carrick: 36 bags, 110 tires, 2 TV's

Central Oakland: 38 bags, 1 bean bag

East Liberty: 58 bags, 4 tires, 10 TV's, 5 shopping carts, 4 mattresses, 3 couches

Garfield: 51 bags. 22 tires, 1 TV, 1 pile metal scrap

Greenfield: 36 bags, 15 tires

Highland Park: 20 bags

Hill District: 49 bags

Lawrenceville: 39 bags, 5 tires, 1 mattress

Morningside: 11 bags, 2 TV's

North Oakland: 21 bags, 2 tires

Perry Hilltop and Fineview: 54 bags, 5 tires, 2 TV's

Troy Hill: 5 bags, 1 stroller

South Side Slopes: 15 bags

Strip District: 29 bags



To organize your own clean-up event, let the Department of Public Works know by filling out a form here:

http://pittsburghpa.gov/dpw/volunteer-apps/index.html



To express interest for next year's competition, email:

garbageolympicspgh@gmail.com

Contacts:

Lena Andrews, 412-607-1957

Alicia Carberry, 412-736-6570