Get ready for this year's Clean Up Australia Day

There’s no better time of year than Clean Up Australia Day to come together as a community, don a pair of gloves and clean up litter from our beautiful beaches, waterways and parks.

In the last two years we have seen an increase in uptake of single-use items due to the impacts of Covid-19. Many restaurants were reduced to takeaways and we have also seen single-use items like masks on the streets.

So let’s ensure we make this Clean Up Day even bigger!

Clean Up Australia day was born in 1990, an initiative of Ian Kiernan, an avid sailor who was shocked by the amount of rubbish he saw in the ocean. Since 1990, over 19 million volunteers have donated more than 38.5 million hours across the country to help clean up Australia.*

Last year’s effort was inspiring. Together, we cleaned up 92 separate sites across the Northern Beaches, including 44 sites in the general community, 12 sites cleaned by high schools and youth groups, 13 businesses caring for their local areas and 23 primary schools and pre-schools participating.  

Sunday 6 March is the official Clean Up Australia Day, known as the Community Clean Up Day. 

Two other events include Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday 1 March and School and Youth Clean Up Day on Friday 4 March.

Registrations are now open to register a site or volunteer at a registered Northern Beaches site near you. Council will pick up materials collected from Clean Ups held during the week of 28 February and 6 March. 

Find out more on the Clean Up Australia Day website.

* cleanup.org.au