A downtown Moncton cleanup program has collected more than 72,000 kilograms of trash this year, says the executive director of the downtown business association. 

Patrick Richard with Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. delivered the figure while presenting the group's 2025 budget to Moncton council on Monday. 

The organization's Enviro Team is funded partly through a levy on downtown businesses and partly by the municipality. 

"It's a catch-22," Richard told reporters about the amount of waste the…