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The Jax Litter League shows what Jacksonville can accomplish when neighbors come together for our city. -Mayor Donna Deegan |  |
Promises Made
Since consolidation, many neighborhoods were promised cleaner, safer, and better-maintained environments. Those promises went unfulfilled for decades, allowing litter, illegal dumping, and widespread blight to erode quality of life across the city. Today, the administration has committed to making good on those broken promises by dedicating sustained funding, modern enforcement tools, and community-centered strategies to restore neighborhood pride.
Promises Kept 
The Jax Litter League is a team-based cleanup competition administered by Keep Jacksonville Beautiful. Companies, neighborhood groups, and other participating organizations earn points by picking up trash throughout Jacksonville. The teams that collect the most trash win prizes. The winners of the second season were treated to free tickets and a private suite at a Jacksonville Jaguars home game after collecting 229 bags of trash during the season. Through three seasons, the initiative has helped remove 16 tons of trash throughout Jacksonville. Learn how you can help keep our community clean by visiting the Jax Litter League Page.
Hover over the 16-ton figure below to see just how much that really is.
Between January 2024 and June 2026, the City of Jacksonville tracked and successfully addressed 1,293 blight-related issues across the city, averaging more than 40 resolved issues each month. Cleanup efforts focused primarily on illegal dumping, which accounted for the vast majority of reported cases, as well as the removal of abandoned homeless encampments, general trash, storm debris, and graffiti. The city’s efforts were concentrated in areas experiencing higher levels of reported blight, particularly Council Districts 1, 2, 3, and 7, with a strong focus on Downtown and Arlington. Addressing these issues required a coordinated, cross-departmental effort involving multiple city departments and partner organizations. The Solid Waste Division played a central role in identifying and resolving blight, with JEA and FDOT also making significant contributions to cleanup and mitigation efforts. Together, these coordinated efforts demonstrate the city’s ongoing commitment to systematically track blight, respond to reported issues, and improve the cleanliness and appearance of neighborhoods throughout Jacksonville.
Where Progress Becomes Visible
Check out areas where Jax Litter League and our community have worked to clear out Litter and blight!
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