TORONTO

Community clean-ups are happening across the city this weekend as part of the Clean Toronto Together campaign.

Michael “Pinball” Clemons led the 20-minute Makeover outside City Hall on Friday.

“Get out there, help to clean Toronto,” Clemons said. “I brag about Toronto all the time and I tell people, ‘It is so clean.’ … I wouldn’t want them to come here and see our place a mess.”

Here’s a by the numbers look at Toronto’s spring clean-up:

The effort:

290 events: The number of registered community clean-ups involving 7,298 participants.

153 businesses: The number of businesses holding registered clean-ups — they represent 4,049 employees.

469 schools: The number of school clean-ups involving approximately 149,808 students.

The progress so far :

4,802 tonnes: The amount of debris and material collected by city clean-up crews in the first two weeks of the spring clean-up. The post-winter cleaning effort started on March 30 and lasts for four weeks.

300 pieces of equipment: The fleet deployed by the city during the clean-up includes 60 litter vacuums, 37 sweepers, 13 front-end loaders, 16 dump trucks, 73 pick-up trucks, 20 sidewalk sweepers, 62 parks vehicles, 30 forestry vehicles, several water trucks and one power washer.

$1 million: The top end of the amount of money Transportation Services estimates it spends on the spring clean-up — officials say the cost for that division alone is between $800,000 and $1 million.

The dirt on the dirt:

6,327 tonnes: The amount of litter collected in last year’s clean-up.

4,411 square metres: The amount of graffiti vandalism cleaned up during last year’s clean-up.

830: The number of discarded tires removed during last year’s clean-up.The city also picked up 636 signs, 347 abandoned bikes, 497 dead tress, 5,800 posters, 725 appliances and 60 shopping carts.

—Compiled by Don Peat