SEATTLE — Seattle is ramping up cleanup efforts as it prepares to welcome tens of thousands of visitors for the FIFA World Cup this summer, with a new report highlighting millions of pounds of waste removed, hundreds of thousands of sharps collected, and growing community participation across neighborhoods.
The Seattle Clean City 2025 Community Impact Report, released April 14, outlines what the city calls a year of major milestones, stronger partnerships, and expanded, data-driven strategies aimed at keeping streets and public spaces cleaner and safer.
In 2025, Seattle Clean City and its partners collected and removed 5.3 million pounds of waste from the right-of-way, an amount the report compares to “the weight of about 530 orca whales.”…