The City of Ottawa is working to reduce the environmental impact of its municipal service activities. Through several initiatives, every sector of the City’s operations is involved in the environmental agenda. Some of these initiatives include:

The Community Pride Program
The City of Ottawa Community Pride Program strives to promote cleanliness and beautification throughout the City of Ottawa. All Community Pride initiatives encourage individuals, groups and businesses to supplement and enhance the City's clean-up efforts by conducting clean-up and beautification projects in their neighborhoods year round.

The Community Partnership Tree Planting Program
The mandate of the City of Ottawa's Community Partnership Tree Planting Program is to improve and enhance the existing forest cover in the City of Ottawa.

The Green Acres Program – Ottawa’s Rural Reforestation Program
The City of Ottawa's Green Acres Program is looking for empty idle fields to be transformed into thriving green woodlands. The program provides landowners with advice and assistance in setting up a proper planting plan for their properties, a source of suitable planting stock (ie. high quality, genetically appropriate, and cost effective bare root seedlings).

Sewers and Wastewater Program
The City's Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre is the focal point of many of the water environment programs that protect Ottawa's waterways. To protect the environment, carefully trained staff treat the water leaving your home. The City's water-quality experts seek new ways to treat water and use sludge. They also monitor water quality in rivers and streams and teach environmentally-responsible practices.