We’re thankful for the Big Apple’s street sweepers.

The city Department of Sanitation ended up picking up a horrendous 41.54 tons of tossed food, discarded clothing and other rubbish that was littered across the 2.5-mile route of Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The dirty post-parade haul was equal in weight to a chubby humpback whale.

It also was significantly more than the 36 tons collected after last year’s famed shindig, which drew packed crowds despite the rainy weather.

Still, this year’s disgusting tonnage is relatively small potatoes compared to the decade-high 65 tons scooped up after the 2023 parade. An average of 62 annual tons were collected in the years before.

“In addition to the usual confetti and shredded paper, a cold sunny day like [Thursday] also means a

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