DSLBD's commercial Clean Team Program services include:

• Removal of litter, graffiti, illegal posters and stickers, weeds, snow, and ice
• Recycling glass, aluminum and plastic items collected from sidewalks and gutters
• Maintenance of street trees through mulching, weeding and watering.
• Landscaping of planters, hanging baskets and tree boxes located in service areas
• Tracking and reporting public space defects via 311

FY 2019 DSLBD DC Commercial Clean Teams

1. 12th Street NE Clean Team
2. Adams Morgan Clean Team
3. Alabama Avenue SE Clean Team
4. Anacostia Clean Team
5. Barracks Row Clean Team
6. Bellevue Clean Team
7. Benning Road (Ward 6) Clean Team
8. Benning Road (Ward 7) Clean Team
9. Bladensburg Road Clean Team
10. Congress Heights Clean Team
11. Connecticut Avenue NW Clean Team
12. Deanwood Heights Clean Team
13. Dupont Circle NW Clean Team
14. Fort Lincoln NE Clean Team
15. Georgia Avenue Clean Team
16. Glover Park NW Clean Team
17. H Street NE Clean Team
18. Kennedy Street NW Clean Team
19. Lower Georgia Avenue Clean Team
20. Mid-City Clean Team
21. Minnesota Avenue Clean Team
22. Mount Vernon Triangle Clean Team
23. New York Avenue NE Clean Team
24. North Capitol Clean Team
25. Pennsylvania Avenue SE Clean Team
26. Rhode Island Avenue NE Clean Team
27. Shaw Clean Team
28. South Dakota Avenue NE Clean Team
29. Trinidad NE Clean Team
30. Upper 14th Street NW Clean Team
31. Upper Bladensburg Road NE Clean Team
32. Upper Georgia Avenue Clean Team
33. Ward 1 Clean Team
34. Wisconsin Avenue Clean Team

By the numbers in 2018

• $3,524,821.00 of grant funding were awarded by DSLBD
• 45.88 miles of commercial corridors cleaned by 31 teams
• 10,383,353 pounds of trash and recyclables removed from commercial districts
• 9,410 properties Abated of graffiti
• 12,452 illegal posters and sticker removed
• 956 new plants planted in service areas
• 5127 public space defects reported to 311

Support of Sustainable DC (SDC) goals

• Recycling service required to support SDC Waste Goal of achieving zero waste by capturing value through recycling
• Street tree mulching increased to support SDC Nature Goal of covering 40 percent of the District with a healthy tree canopy
• Removal of trash and recyclables that may have entered storm-water system
• Utilization of eco-friendly herbicides and ice melt that reduce toxic runoff to support SDC Water Goal to make all District waterways fishable and swimmable

To learn more about Sustainable DC, click here.