Pasadena Public Works Department crews were expected to collect more than 33.44 tons of trash from the parade route after Monday’s 135th Rose Parade and another 35 tons from the Rose Bowl stadium. [City of Pasadena file photo]
All great parties leave cleanup jobs afterward. But few generate the 68 tons of refuse typically left behind by Rose Parade spectators and Rose Bowl Game fans.
Pasadena Public Works Department crews were expected to collect more than 33.44 tons of trash from the parade route after Monday’s 135th Rose Parade.
Additionally, about 35 tons of trash were expected to need collection after the Rose Bowl Game, with an anticipated 5 tons of cardboard headed for recycling.
The daunting cleanup is a crucial part of the post-parade activities, ensuring that the city returns to its pre-parade state after the festivities.
While the immediate trash cleanup is done right after the parade, crews spend the next two weeks returning the rest of the city to its pre-parade condition.
In 2023 the cleanup involved 17 workers, 2 front loaders, 3 rear loaders, and 6 pick-up trucks for the collection of bulky items, boards, boxes, cans, and furniture.
Mechanical street sweepers are expected to conduct sweeping of the parade route and adjacent streets on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 2 and 3,
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