Clean Up Australia Day

Clean Up Australia Day Quick Facts

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2023 Date	5 March 2023

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Clean Up Australia Day in 2023

Sunday, 5 Mar

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Clean Up Australia Day History

Clean Up Australia Day serves to raise awareness for environmental pollution while promoting Australians and the world to clean up their local areas. Clean Up Australia is Australia's largest community-based environmental event. The event began in 1987, when a sailor noticed the large amounts of pollution and junk in the seas. The holiday was originally only in Sydney but has since expanded nationally and internationally.

Clean Up Australia Day is celebrated annually on March 6 in Australia but it is recommended to continue the clean up efforts year round.

Clean Up Australia Day Facts & Quotes

Clean Up Australia Day saw an estimated 661,000 volunteers in 2020. Volunteers worked together to clean up 7,175 local parks, waterways, beaches, bushlands, and roadways according to Cleanup.org.
About 80% of the trash removed each year on Clean Up Day would have been recyclable if it hadn't been left to deteriorate in the environment.
Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year.
Since 1987, Australians have donated more than 27.2 million hours towards the environment through Clean Up Australia Day while collecting over 288,650 tonnes of rubbish.
My life equation is E=1, where the state of our environment is the centre of all things. Awareness starts with the simple act of picking up rubbish when you see it, reducing the amount of packaging we need to get rid of and recycling wherever possible - Ian Kiernan, AO, Chairman and Founder of Clean Up Australia

Clean Up Australia Day Top Events and Things to Do

Go garbageless for the day. Try your best to reduce your trash for the day by using reusable bags and containers.
Reuse and recycle. Much of the rubbish that ends up scattered around the envrionment could have been recycled and reused if its owners had shown more care.
Spread awareness on social media using hashtags #CleanUp, #CleanUpAustralia, #Reuse&Recycle and #CleanUpDay.
Participate in one of Clean Up Australia or Clean Up World volunteer activities. If you cannot find one in your area, organise one yourself by gathering friends and collecting rubbish.
Watch a documentary about the negative impact of rubbish and pollution on the planet. Some of our favourites include: Garbage Island, Plastic Paradise, Plasticized and The Disastrous Story of Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans.