Clean Up Australia inspires and mobilises communities to improve and conserve our environment, eliminate litter and end waste.
More than 22 million Aussies have participated in Clean Up Australia activities and events over the past three decades.
Over that time Clean Up Australia has evolved to provide practical solutions to help all Australians live more sustainably every day of the year, and emerged as one of the country’s most recognised, credible and trusted environmental charities.
Today our focus is as much on preventing rubbish entering our environment as it is removing what has already accumulated.
What was started over thirty years ago, by an “average Australian” who had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard has now become the nation’s largest community-based environmental event.
Of course, Australia’s environmental challenges can’t be solved in just one day, so Clean Up Australia works with community, government and businesses to provide practical solutions to help us all live more sustainably every day of the year.
It's always the first Sunday in March - so in 2024, the official Clean Up Australia Day will be Sunday 3 March. Our dedicated Schools Clean Up Day will be Friday 1 March and we urge businesses of all sizes to get involved on Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday 27 February 2024.
But the great news is you can organise a Clean Up for any day of the year!
We'll still send you a free Clean Up kit because we we know Australia's waste challenges can't be solved in just one day.
Registering means you're covered by Clean Up Australia's public liability insurance - and can be counted as a participant. We want to be able to celebrate how many Aussies are cleaning up, fixing up and conserving the environment each year.
It also enables you to log what you collect and remove from the environment. Clean Up Australia has been keeping records for over 30 years now and tracking litter trends - we know that almost 2/3 of what people collected in 2022 was made of plastic and cigarette butts have always been the most collected item! But our volunteers are reporting new menaces - like vapes (e-cigarettes), nangs (nitrous oxide bulbs) and face masks for example, so this data has proven to be an invaluable resource in identifying trends in the types and spread of rubbish throughout Australia.
You can use our site search to find an event near you. Some sites will be listed as private and are unable to welcome members of the public. If you find an event and would like to join it we encourage you to register online as it helps site supervisors anticipate numbers and plan accordingly. It also means you can be automatically notified if there are any last minute changes.
If you are unable to find an event near you please consider signing up to do your own Clean Up - you don't need to organise a big group - you can get involved as a individual or family.
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