This Is How Officials Cleaned Up the More Than 1 Ton of Confetti That Fell on Times Square Last Night

Officials estimate more than 1 ton of confetti rained down on Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations last night — and it all had to be cleaned up.

Want to have ur wish added to the confetti that gets tossed over #TimesSquare on #NewYearsEve?https://t.co/3Y0PVjcP4u pic.twitter.com/IG52E3TMcQ

— Manhattan TSQ Hotel (@MTSHotel) December 23, 2014

After the "confetti master" unleashed the colorful pieces of paper on about 1 million revelers, 178 sanitation workers started the process of cleaning up, Mashable reported, citing the City of New York Department of Sanitation.

PHOTO (@AP): Sanitation workers clean up after New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square pic.twitter.com/I02lBpGPfG

— TheBlazeNOW (@TheBlazeNOW) January 1, 2015

The nearly 200 workers used 26 mechanical brooms, 25 trucks, 38 leaf blowers and other equipment to quickly clean up the large mess, city officials said.

The big cleanup is on in @TimesSquareNYC in New York #newyork #newyorkcity @nyc @newyork pic.twitter.com/r4kcstabjO

— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) January 1, 2015

Last year, the sanitation team cleaned up approximately 52.3 tons of trash, Mashable reported.

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