View From the Legislature

I am so proud to see that Steinbach has become the most litter-free city in North America.

In an annual litter audit commissioned by the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association, the rate of littering for empty beverage containers in Steinbach dropping 69 per cent since they started doing the audit in 2013, and our city has managed to climb to the top of cleanest cities. According to the audit, people say this is by far, not only terms of beverage containers, but in terms of other litter, the cleanest city that they’ve audited in North America.

Steinbach has always had a strong sense of giving back to the community, which is why for the last twelve years volunteers have organized an Annual Pick Up and Walk, where friends and neighbors go around and collect garbage off the streets, ditches, parks, and highways. At the most recent walk, over 1,600 volunteers from 20 churches took to the streets to take pride in our City, educate our youth on the benefits of a litter-free society, be good stewards of our environment, and set an example of community spirit.