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Registrations are now open for the nation’s largest environmental movement, Clean Up Australia Day, which returns on Sunday 1 March 2026.

Individuals, families, schools, and community groups across the country are being encouraged to register to get in on the action.

Organisers say, ‘Since its inception, over 23 million volunteers have joined the Clean Up effort’.

‘In 2025, over 800,000 people volunteered across 8,000 events nationally during the Clean Up Australia Day campaign period.

Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia said, ‘Our nation’s litter disposal and recycling challenges are continuously shifting but the one thing we know for certain, is that too much litter is still making its way into our streets, parks, bushlands and waterways.’ 

The media release says, ‘The FY24 Clean Up Australia Litter Report, which provides an annual snapshot of litter collected by volunteers in a calendar year, highlighted that plastics continued to be the number one litter type found in our national parks, bushlands and waterways, representing almost 81% of all counted litter. E-waste made its way into the top ten, with vapes and batteries making up most of the reported e-waste found in the environment.’

Pip said, ‘Now is the time to register, get your gloves on and get involved. Clean Up Australia Day is about coming together, as neighbours, as communities and as fellow Aussies for a common goal. Whether you’re hitting the beach, cleaning a creek, or picking up litter in your local park, your efforts count. When we come together, we create real, visible change. So, let’s get our gloves on and together, give back to the place that we call home’.

Photo cleanup.org.au

‘Volunteers who register for Clean Up Australia Day 2026 can receive a free Clean Up kit, containing gloves, bags and other resources, with packs for individuals, families, community groups and schools available (businesses are asked to pay a small fee to cover costs).

‘If you are unable to participate on the day, you can host or join a Clean Up, any day of the year, with donations to Clean Up Australia also welcome, with 100% of funds raised going directly to empowering Australians to take positive action for the environment and providing free Clean Up kits’.

Register now at cleanup.org.au for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday March 1, 2026 

Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday February 24, 2026 and 

Schools Clean Up Day on Friday February 27, 2026.



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