City workers calling for help with garbage during festivals

City workers are asking festival goers to clean up after themselves due to garbage being left after a recent festival. CTV Windsor’s Stefanie Masotti reports.

Workers with the City of Windsor are asking for festival goers’ help to mitigate messes after events in Windsor.

Crews were up bright and early on Monday, cleaning up garbage left behind at McHugh Park. Many gathered to go to the Kabaddi Cup on Sunday.

“It has to be returned to us in the same condition as it was rented out,” said James Chacko with the city.

“If not, we will undertake that work ourselves.”

The extra work comes with a price tag. Organizers are now being charged for non-compliance, according to Chacko.

“If it’s repeated issues, it can lead to a specific event coordinator actually being barred from holding any other events on city property,” he said.

The Windsor Kabaddi Club told CTV News “we will leave it the way we found it”, but Chacko said that wasn’t the case this past weekend.

“You can’t just allow it to become something that’s unsightly or unmaintained throughout,” he said.

Speaking to the festival goers, he said:

“Put things in the garbage, put things in the proper recycling,” Chacko said.

“Whether it’s an event at McHugh, like the one this past weekend, or Festival Plaza, someone holding a picnic at Mic Mac, properly put things away.”

If you have any concerns, you are encouraged to file a report with 311.