Every 90 days, 17 Temecula neighborhoods race each other. The first neighborhood to 40 entries wins a free trash bin cleaning for every household that entered. We call each race a Quarter Cleanse — and yes, it's a nod to The Hunger Games "Quarter Quell." We're proud of the homage. We built it on purpose.
But the real reason it's quarterly isn't a movie reference. It's local biology. Around here, a dirty trash bin doesn't just stink — it feeds the exact pests Temecula already fights: mosquitos, flies, rats, and mice. Once those pests find a food source — or standing water — in your bin, they don't stop at the curb. They move into your garage, your yard, your block — and ultimately your house. A quarterly reset breaks that cycle before it starts. The Quarter Cleanse is how we give an entire neighborhood a free shot at the same outcome.
Your neighborhood competes. Your household enters in 60 seconds. The first 40 entries from one neighborhood take home free, sanitized bins on the curb — and a cleaner, quieter street for everyone. No catch. No charge. Just a neighborhood that showed up.
That's the Games.