Empower Your Trek.
Clean The World.
Trek. Collect. Respect.
CleanTrekTM introduces the world’s first (patent pending) trekking pole attachments for effortless litter removal. Our lightweight Grabber and Collector seamlessly connect to your poles, enabling you to pick up and store trash without missing a step.
Our Kickstarter is officially LIVE as of September 9th, 2025! For the first time ever, you can get your very own CleanTrek litter cleanup tools!
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Kickstarter Prelaunch Announcement
Get the scoop on the latest product features, and see these litter cleanup tools in action for yourself! Also, hear from the founder, John McShane, about the upcoming Kickstarter and the story behind these products!
As you can see, there’s a lot left to do! If you believe in CleanTrek’s mission and want to see it become a reality, please join our Interest List, donate, and/or reach out!
Data-Driven Impact
In 2020, a report estimated that 49.6 billion pieces of litter lined US roadways and waterways, with 88% measuring 4 inches or less. With 330 million US residents in 2020, each person would only have to pick up 152 pieces of litter to eliminate all of it.
Yosemite National Park gets about 4 million visitors per year. If each visitor filled up just one CleanTrek Collector (1.5 liters each), that would be enough litter to fill up 2 Olympic-size swimming pools. How long do you think it would take to pick all that up by yourself?
Every year, volunteers at Yosemite National Park participate in the Yosemite Facelift event. In 2023, 1,501 volunteers dedicated 12,151 hours across 5 days to remove a whopping 10,432 lbs of litter from the park. Astoundingly, this represents just 0.023% of the total hours spent by visitors at Yosemite that year. Imagine if just 1% of all visitors cleaned up litter while exploring the park—that'd be equivalent to 43 Facelift events!
Point is, we have strength in numbers! Imagine if you committed to grabbing just 1 out of every 100 pieces of litter you spot, knowing that the 99 hikers behind you will do the same. All of a sudden, your small action doesn't seem so small anymore.
Also, just think: litter accumulates gradually. One guy drops a candy wrapper. A gust of wind blows a napkin off a picnic table, etc. So shouldn't our approach to cleaning litter be gradual, too? Shouldn't we pick it up as early as possible, before it has a chance to blow off the trail? All we need to do is pick up litter more quickly than we create it, and with the right tools, I believe that's possible.
Sources:
[1] Keep America Beautiful. (2021, May). Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Litter Study Summary Report.
[2] Yosemite Climbing Association. (2023). Yosemite Facelift 20th Anniversary. (click here for info about Facelift events!)
[3] National Park Service. (2023). Monthly Public Use Report for Yosemite National Park.