Leave No Trace

Due to cuts in the City of Cincinnati’s 2011 operating budget, the Park Board announced changes to the garbage collection procedures within the Parks and the institution of a "Leave No Trace" policy in designated parks. Upon study, Park managers found that trash cans in remote, low intensity areas are ineffective for the collection of trash, costly in their operation and environmentally detrimental.  Therefore, effective in March of 2011, the Park Board began removing cans from these areas and reducing the number of trash collection routes in Parks from 2 routes to 1 route.  This enabled the Park Board to sustain a budget cut of $47,000 and still meet its service delivery principals: to keep Cincinnati Parks clean, safe, reliable, green and beautiful.

Park staff will still collect and remove trash from these sites during routine park maintenance, which is at least twice per week.  Additional changes will also be instituted to help reduce costs associated with garbage collection in the parks, while keeping the parks beautiful. It is expected that these new practices, with some adjustment and monitoring, will ultimately save tax dollars and provide better service.

"Leave No Trace" is a national program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with decisions about how to reduce their impact when they hike, picnic and enjoy other outdoor activities.  The program strives to educate all those who enjoy the outdoors about the nature of their impact and the techniques to prevent or minimize such impact.  It is best understood as an educational and ethical program rather than a set of new regulations and rules.  A very big impact of the outdoor enjoyment on Nature is the trash created by people that enjoy Nature.  One major impact is the disposal of trash.  "Pack it in, Pack it out" is the tag line of Leave No Trace trash education.  It proposes that all trash carried in by visitors also be carried out when they leave the site, rather than discarded, to minimize the "trace left behind." 

Existing Trash Routes - click to enlarge
Existing Trash Collection Routes,
(click to enlarge) 		Proposed Trash Routes - click to enlarge
Proposed Trash Collection Routes
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Cincinnati Park Board

WEST ROUTE

Trash Collection

  

# of Cans

  

Frequency

Total/ Week

Total/ Year

No Pup

How

Future Multi Dumpsters

Attendant directly to dumpster

Attendant to bag

Eliminate Cans

54

Mt Airy

7

378

18900

 

 

 

 

+

3

Maple Ridge

7

21

1050

x

x

 

 

 

5

Dog Park

7

35

1750

 

 

 

 

 

7

Mc Farlan

7

49

2450

x

x

 

 

 

5

Rapid Run

7

35

1750

x

 

x

 

 

1

Mayfield

3

3

150

x

 

 

x

 

1

Oldenview

3

3

150

x

 

 

x

 

1

Wilson Commobn

3

3

150

x

 

 

x

 

15

Mt. Echo

7

105

5250

x

x

 

 

 

2

Miles Edwards

7

14

700

x

 

 

x

 

4

Valley Park

3

12

600

 

 

 

 

 

10

Fairview

7

70

3500

x

 

x

-5

 

5

Bellevue

7

35

1750

x

 

x

 

 

10

Reading Rd

3

30

1500

 

 

 

 

+

26

Burnet Woods

7

182

9100

 

 

 

 

+

1

Rawson Woods

3

3

150

x

 

 

x

 

6

Mt Storm

7

42

2100

x

 

x

 

 

2

Bowdle

3

6

300

x

 

 

x

 

4

Dunore

3

12

600

x

 

 

x

 

8

Hoffner

3

24

1200

 

 

 

 

 

2

Jergens

3

6

300

x

 

x

 

 

2

Parkers Wds

3

6

300

x

 

 

x

 

30

McEvoy

7

210

10500

 

 

 

 

+

1

Warder

3

3

150

x

 

 

 

 

1

Seymour

1

1

50

x

 

 

 

 

8

Caldwell

1

8

400

 

 

 

 

+

 

Cincinnati Park Board

 EAST ROUTE

Trash Collection

 

# of Cans

  

Frequency

Total/ Week

Total/ Year

No Pup

How

Future Multi Dumpsters

Attendant directly to dumpster

Attendant to bag

Eliminate Cans

1

Johnston

7

7

350

x

 

 

x

 

38

Eden

7

266

13300

 

 

 

 

 

28

Washington

7

196

9800

 

 

 

 

 

16

Piatt

7

112

5600

x

 

x

 

 

4

Hopkins

7

28

1400

x

 

x

 

 

7

Jackson Hill

7

49

2450

x

 

x

 

 

5

Inwood

7

35

1750

x

 

x

 

 

1

Classen

2

2

100

x

 

 

x

 

3

MLK

7

21

1050

x

 

x

 

 

3

Sooty Acres

1

3

150

x

 

 

x

 

1

Avon

1

1

50

x

 

x

 

 

3

Seasongood Sq

7

21

1050

 

 

 

 

 

2

Larz Anderson

2

4

200

x

 

x

 

 

9

Owls Nest

7

63

3150

 

 

 

 

 

1

Madison

7

7

350

x

 

 

x

 

20

Ault

7

140

7000

 

 

 

 

 

8

Alms

7

56

2800

 

 

 

 

 

9

French

2

18

900

x

 

x

 

 

1

Woodward

7

7

350

x

 

 

x

 

7

Drake

2

14

700

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wulsin

7

7

350

x

 

 

PS

 

5

Kennedy Ht

2

10

500

 

 

 

 

 

2

Montgomery

2

4

200

x

 

 

 

 

4

Hyde Park Sq.

7

28

1400

 

 

 

 

 

1

Stella

7

7

350

x

 

x

 

 

2

Victory pkwy

2

4

200

x

 

 

x

 

5

Stanbery

2

10

500

x

 

x

 

 

2

Magrish

2

4

200

x

 

x

 

 

1

California

2

2

100

x

 

x

 

 

12

Lytle

2

24

1200

x

 

x

 

 

1

Liberty

2

2

100

x

 

 

x

 

1

Channel 48

2

2

100

x

 

 

x

 

2

Nassau

2

4

200

x

 

 

 

 

1

Ranchvale

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

1

Morris

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

1

Pioneer

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

1

Marion T.

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

1

Ault Pape

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

1

Dana

1

1

50

x

 

 

x

 

3

Annwood

2

6

300

x

 

 

x

 
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