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# Clean Up Australia

## Sitemaps
- [XML Sitemap](https://www.cleanup.org.au/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages.

## Posts
- [Keeping Things Out of Landfill, One Repair at a Time](https://www.cleanup.org.au/keeping-things-out-of-landfill-one-repair-at-a-time/)
- [Why Buy When You Can Borrow?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/why-buy-when-you-can-borrow/)
- [How landfills work, and what could work better](https://www.cleanup.org.au/how-landfills-work-and-what-could-work-better/)
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2026 highlights](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2026/): Gloves On for Clean Up Australia Day as volunteers across the country pitch in
- [Rotary Club unearths decades-old bottle dump during Blue Mountains Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/community-spotlight-rotary-club-blue-mountains/): Community Spotlight
- [Waste Less, Celebrate More this Holiday Season](https://www.cleanup.org.au/waste-less-celebrate-more/): Waste less, celebrate more this festive season
- [Wormfarming & Composting](https://www.cleanup.org.au/wormfarming-composting/): Wormfarming & Composting
- [Vic set to deliver cash for cans!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/vic-set-to-deliver-cash-for-cans/): Vic set to deliver cash for cans!
- [Upparel Stepped Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/upparel-stepped-up/): Upparel stepped up
- [Upcycling: Make it a DIY DAY!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/upcycling/): Upcycling: Make it a DIY DAY!
- [Unwanted old clothes are causing big problems](https://www.cleanup.org.au/unwanted-clothes/): Unwanted old clothes are causing big problems
- [Top 10 ways to reduce fashion waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/top-10-ways-to-reuse-reduce-and-recycle-your-clothes/): Top 10 ways to reduce fashion waste
- [The Perils of Polystyrene](https://www.cleanup.org.au/the-perils-of-polystyrene/): The Perils of Polystyrene
- [The New Rs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/the-new-rs/): The New Rs
- [Shoe-in](https://www.cleanup.org.au/shoe-in/): Show-in
- [Second-hand](https://www.cleanup.org.au/second-hand-fashion/): Second-hand
- [Recycling Problems](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycling-problems/): Recycling efforts
- [Plastic waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/plastic-waste-increasing/): Plastic waste is on the rise
- [Plastic Bags – Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.cleanup.org.au/plastic-bags-faq/): Plastic Bags - Frequently Asked Questions
- [Greenwashing](https://www.cleanup.org.au/greenwashing/): Greenwashing
- [Corporate Volunteering](https://www.cleanup.org.au/corporate-volunteering/): Corporate Volunteering
- [Compostable plastics](https://www.cleanup.org.au/compostable-plastics/): Compostable-plastics
- [Windgap](https://www.cleanup.org.au/windgap/): Windgap
- [Single-use plastic](https://www.cleanup.org.au/what-is-single-use-plastic-and-how-to-avoid-it/): Single-use plastic
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2024](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2024-an-incredible-community-effort/): Clean Up Australia Day 2024
- [CDs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/cds/): CDS
- [Pizza Boxes](https://www.cleanup.org.au/can-pizza-boxes-be-recycled/): Can Pizza Boxes Be Recycled?
- [Bread Tags for Wheelchairs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/bread-tags-for-wheelchairs/): Bread Tags for Wheelchairs
- [Waste Plan Progress](https://www.cleanup.org.au/waste-plan-progress/): Waste Plan Progress
- [Waste-free travel](https://www.cleanup.org.au/waste-free-travel-reducing-your-impact-from-airport-to-accomodation/): Waste-free travel
- [Disposable vapes banned](https://www.cleanup.org.au/vapes-banned-in-australia/): Disposable vapes banned
- [Tread Lightly](https://www.cleanup.org.au/tread-lightly/): treadlightly
- [Produce Stickers](https://www.cleanup.org.au/the-problem-with-produce-stickers-plus/): Produce Stickers
- [Balloon alternatives](https://www.cleanup.org.au/balloon-alternatives/): Balloon-alternatives
- [Australian Repair Network](https://www.cleanup.org.au/australian-repair-network/): Australian Repair Network
- [Australasian Recycling Label](https://www.cleanup.org.au/australasian-recycling-label/): Australasian Recycling Label
- [Art from plastic waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/art-plastic-waste/): Art from plastic waste
- [Ian Kiernan](https://www.cleanup.org.au/a-legend-of-help-ian-kiernan-ao/): Ian Kiernan, AO
- [Circular economy for toys](https://www.cleanup.org.au/a-circular-economy-for-toys/): Circular economy for toys
- [Temu](https://www.cleanup.org.au/temu-too-much-fast-fashion/): Is Temu Too Much Fast Fashion?
- [Soft plastics](https://www.cleanup.org.au/soft-plastics-what-has-happened/): Soft plastics: what has happened and where are we up to now?
- [Ecoanxiety](https://www.cleanup.org.au/small-acts-and-practical-action-are-an-antidote-to-ecoanxiety/): Small acts and practical action are an antidote to ecoanxiety
- [Slow fashion](https://www.cleanup.org.au/slow-fashion-an-ethical-alternative-to-fast-fashion/): Slow fashion
- [Toy waste at Christmas](https://www.cleanup.org.au/reducing-toy-waste-at-christmas/): Reducing Toy Waste at Christmas!
- [Reduce baby waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/reduce-baby-waste/): Reduce baby waste
- [Recycle right](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycle-right-mate/): Recycle right, mate!
- [Recycle Mate](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycle-mate/): Recycle Mate
- [Product Stewardship](https://www.cleanup.org.au/product-stewardship/): Product Stewardship
- [Plastic Free July](https://www.cleanup.org.au/prepping-for-plastic-free-july/): Prepping for Plastic Free July
- [Plastic Bans](https://www.cleanup.org.au/plastic-bans/): Plastic Bans
- [Parramatta River community](https://www.cleanup.org.au/parramatta-river-community/): Parramatta River community
- [Microplastics](https://www.cleanup.org.au/microplastics-are-everywhere-what-can-we-do-about-it-2/): Microplastics
- [Schools Litter Sculpture Competition](https://www.cleanup.org.au/meet-the-judges-clean-up-australia-schools-litter-sculpture-competition/): Schools Litter Sculpture Competition
- [Montrose community Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/many-hands-make-light-work-at-montrose-community-clean-up/): Montrose community Clean Up
- [E-waste hunt](https://www.cleanup.org.au/join-the-e-waste-hunt-retrieve-recycle-and-revive/): Join the e-waste hunt – retrieve, recycle and revive!
- [Sustainable Easter](https://www.cleanup.org.au/how-to-indulge-sustainably-this-easter/): How to indulge sustainably this Easter
- [Highrise composting](https://www.cleanup.org.au/highrise-composting/): Highrise composting
- [Hazardous waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/hazardous-waste/): Hazardous waste
- [Feeding Babies and Toddlers](https://www.cleanup.org.au/feeding-babies-and-toddlers/): Feeding Babies and Toddlers
- [Game on Recycling](https://www.cleanup.org.au/game-on-recycling/): Game on Recycling
- [Fungi Solutions](https://www.cleanup.org.au/fungi-solutions/): Fungi Solutions
- [FOGO](https://www.cleanup.org.au/fogo/): Do you have FOMO about FOGO?
- [Drowning in plastic waste: A global and local problem](https://www.cleanup.org.au/drowning-in-plastic-waste-a-global-and-local-problem/): Drowning in plastic waste a global and local problem
- [Don’t bin your batteries](https://www.cleanup.org.au/dont-bin-your-batteries/): Don't bin your batteries
- [Compostable and biodegradable plastics – what’s it all mean?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/compostable-and-biodegradable/): Compostable and biodegradable plastics – what's it all mean?
- [Clean Up Australia switches to reusable bags made from 100% recycled content](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-switches-to-reusable-bags-made-from-100-recycled-content/): Clean Up Australia switches to reusable bags made from 100% recycled content
- [Clean Up Australia launches fresh merch in celebration of our 35th anniversary](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-launches-fresh-merch-in-celebration-of-our-35th-anniversary/): Clean Up Australia launches fresh merch in celebration of our 35th anniversary
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2025 our BIGGEST EVER Clean Up!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2025-our-biggest-ever-clean-up-3/): Clean Up Australia Day 2025 our BIGGEST EVER Clean Up!
- [Clean Up Australia community project at Redfern and Waterloo a great success!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-community-project-at-redfern-and-waterloo-a-great-success/): Clean Up Australia community project at Redfern and Waterloo a great success!
- [Clean Up Australia ‘Community Awards’ winners announced!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-community-awards-winners-announced/): Clean Up Australia 'Community Awards' winners announced!
- [How charities are upping the ante on recycling](https://www.cleanup.org.au/charities-recycling/): How charities are upping the ante on recycling
- [Curious about plogging?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/why-plog/): Curious about plogging?
- [What is a Circular Economy?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/what-is-a-circular-economy/): What is a Circular Economy?
- [Waste not, want not.](https://www.cleanup.org.au/waste-not-want-not/): Waste not, want not.
- [How to Solve Wardrobe Panic](https://www.cleanup.org.au/wardrobe-panic/): How to Solve Wardrobe Panic
- [Upparel stepped up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/upparel/): Upparel stepped up
- [Get to know the five R’s](https://www.cleanup.org.au/get-to-know-the-five-rs/): Get to know the five R's
- [Tips for improving sustainability in your school community](https://www.cleanup.org.au/sustainability-at-school/): Tips for improving sustainability in your school community
- [Recycling Blister Packs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycling-blister-packs/): Recycling Blister Packs
- [Recycled plastic products are out there…](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycled-house/): Recycled plastic products are out there...
- [Plastic Waste & Recycling in Australia](https://www.cleanup.org.au/plastic-waste-and-recycling-in-australia/): Plastic Waste & Recycling in Australia
- [What should we do with plastics?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/plastic-problem/): What should we do with plastics?
- [Change is in the air. Period.](https://www.cleanup.org.au/period-waste/): Change is in the air. Period.
- [5 Steps to Reduce E-waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/reduce-e-waste/): 5 Steps to Reduce E-waste
- [The Eco Friendly Christmas Guide](https://www.cleanup.org.au/eco-friendly-christmas-guide/): The Eco Friendly Christmas Guide
- [Clean Up Our Waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-our-waste/): Clean Up Our Waste
- [Butt Out](https://www.cleanup.org.au/butt-out/): Butt Out
- [Bottled Water FAQ](https://www.cleanup.org.au/bottled-water-faq/): Bottled Water FAQ
- [Global Plastics Treaty Talks Continue into 2025: Momentum or Gridlock](https://www.cleanup.org.au/global-plastics-treaty-talks-continue-into-2025-momentum-or-gridlock/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Microplastics are everywhere. What can we do about it?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/microplastics-are-everywhere-what-can-we-do-about-it/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2025 our BIGGEST EVER Clean Up!](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2025-our-biggest-ever-clean-up/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Global Plastics Treaty Talks Continue into 2025: Momentum or Gridlock 1](https://www.cleanup.org.au/global-plastics-treaty-talks-continue-into-2025-momentum-or-gridlock-1/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Microplastics are everywhere. What can we do about it?1](https://www.cleanup.org.au/microplastics-are-everywhere-what-can-we-do-about-it1/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2025 our BIGGEST EVER Clean Up! 1](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2025-our-biggest-ever-clean-up-1/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2025 our BIGGEST EVER Clean Up! 2](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day-2025-our-biggest-ever-clean-up-2/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. In eleifend diam amet sagittis tincidunt.

## Pages
- [Roadside Litter](https://www.cleanup.org.au/roadside-litter/)
- [Email Subscription Error](https://www.cleanup.org.au/email-subscription-error/)
- [Email Subscription Success](https://www.cleanup.org.au/email-subscription-success/)
- [Clean Up Cam](https://www.cleanup.org.au/resources/clean-up-cam/)
- [Great Barrier Reef Clean-up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/projects/great-barrier-reef-clean-up/)
- [Enter in our Schools Creative Comp](https://www.cleanup.org.au/schools-creative-competition/)
- [Trusts & Foundations](https://www.cleanup.org.au/trusts-and-foundations/)
- [Coles Services](https://www.cleanup.org.au/coles-services-clean-ups/)
- [Cleanaway](https://www.cleanup.org.au/cleanaway/)
- [FUJIFILM](https://www.cleanup.org.au/fujifilm/)
- [McDonalds](https://www.cleanup.org.au/mcdonalds/)
- [School Competition](https://www.cleanup.org.au/school-prize/)
- [Advocacy Projects](https://www.cleanup.org.au/advocacy-projects/)
- [Coles](https://www.cleanup.org.au/coles/)
- [Education Hub](https://www.cleanup.org.au/education-hub/)
- [Recycle](https://www.cleanup.org.au/recycle/)
- [Circular Economy](https://www.cleanup.org.au/circular-economy/)
- [Great Spring Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/the-great-spring-clean-up/)
- [Drumstick](https://www.cleanup.org.au/drumstick/)
- [Ian Kiernan](https://www.cleanup.org.au/ian-kiernan/)
- [Leave a Lasting Legacy](https://www.cleanup.org.au/leave-a-lasting-legacy/)
- [Projects](https://www.cleanup.org.au/projects/)
- [Bottled Water](https://www.cleanup.org.au/bottled-water/)
- [Vapes](https://www.cleanup.org.au/vapes/)
- [Safety](https://www.cleanup.org.au/safety/)
- [How to Reschedule a Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/bad-weather-contingency/)
- [Tyres](https://www.cleanup.org.au/tyres/)
- [Business Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/business-clean-up/)
- [Get Involved Media](https://www.cleanup.org.au/media/)
- [Review of Operations](https://www.cleanup.org.au/review-of-operations/)
- [Plastic Straws](https://www.cleanup.org.au/straws/)
- [Single Use Coffee Cups](https://www.cleanup.org.au/single-use-coffee-cups/)
- [Packaging](https://www.cleanup.org.au/packaging/)
- [Get Involved Government & Industry](https://www.cleanup.org.au/government-industry/)
- [Junk Mail](https://www.cleanup.org.au/junk-mail/)
- [E-waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/e-waste/)
- [Drinks Containers](https://www.cleanup.org.au/drinks-containers/)
- [Cigarette Butts](https://www.cleanup.org.au/cigarette-butts/)
- [Batteries](https://www.cleanup.org.au/batteries/)
- [Balloons](https://www.cleanup.org.au/balloons/)
- [Supporting Councils](https://www.cleanup.org.au/supporting-councils/)
- [Business FAQs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/business-clean-up-faqs/)
- [Get Involved Students and Educators](https://www.cleanup.org.au/schools/)
- [Single-Use Plastic Bags](https://www.cleanup.org.au/single-use-plastic-bags/)
- [Community Members](https://www.cleanup.org.au/community/)
- [Business Allies](https://www.cleanup.org.au/business-allies/)
- [Professional Service Providers](https://www.cleanup.org.au/professional-service-providers/)
- [Terms & Conditions](https://www.cleanup.org.au/terms-and-conditions/)
- [Food Waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/food-waste/)
- [Litter Hotspots](https://www.cleanup.org.au/litter-hotspots/)
- [Container Deposit Schemes](https://www.cleanup.org.au/container-deposit-scheme/)
- [Fast Fashion](https://www.cleanup.org.au/fast-fashion/)
- [Get Involved as a Business](https://www.cleanup.org.au/business/)
- [Workplace giving](https://www.cleanup.org.au/workplace-giving/)
- [Australia’s Waste Challenges](https://www.cleanup.org.au/waste-challenges/)
- [Awards](https://www.cleanup.org.au/awards/)
- [Clean Up Kit](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-kit/): Community kitsSchool kitsBusiness Kits
- [How to Video and FAQs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/faq-s/): HOW-TO VIDEOSTOOLKITSFAQs
- [Litter Report](https://www.cleanup.org.au/litter-report/)
- [Register a Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/register-a-clean-up/)
- [What’s On](https://www.cleanup.org.au/whats-on/)
- [Ways to Donate](https://www.cleanup.org.au/ways-to-donate/)
- [Blog](https://www.cleanup.org.au/blog/)
- [In the News](https://www.cleanup.org.au/media-coverage/)
- [Clean Up Australia Day](https://www.cleanup.org.au/clean-up-australia-day/)
- [Get Involved Council](https://www.cleanup.org.au/get-involved-as-a-council/)
- [Our Team](https://www.cleanup.org.au/our-team/)
- [Contact](https://www.cleanup.org.au/contact/)
- [Corporate Partners](https://www.cleanup.org.au/corporate-partners/)
- [Site Map](https://www.cleanup.org.au/site-map/)
- [Resources](https://www.cleanup.org.au/resources/)
- [Get Involved](https://www.cleanup.org.au/get-involved/)
- [What We Do](https://www.cleanup.org.au/what-we-do/)
- [About](https://www.cleanup.org.au/about-us/)
- [Home](https://www.cleanup.org.au/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.cleanup.org.au/privacy-policy/)
- [Australian Repair Network](https://www.cleanup.org.au/australian-repair-network/)

## News
- [It’s a national disgrace: Why our are highways so dirty?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/highway-litter/): From rubbish, to weeds and graffiti, why are Melbourne's highways so dirty?
- [Call for national strategy to force Australian vaping industry to clean up waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/national-vape-clean-up/): Lithium-ion batteries embedded in the products have been blamed for an increasing number of hazardous fires at landfill sites
- [Which bin would you put your rubbish in? It’s not that straightforward](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/which-bin-would-you-put-your-rubbish-in-its-not-that-straightforward/): It’s a question Australians ask themselves every day, and often we get it wrong.
- [Clean Up Australia Day figures show Canberrans litter cigarettes and soft plastics](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-figures-canberra/): Canberra is the worst part of Australia for discarded cigarette butts, according to the volunteers who have to clean them up.
- [Call for national rules](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/call-for-national-rules/): Australia needs national guidelines to tackle confusion about recycling rules, an inquiry has been told.
- [Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/call-for-national-rules-to-sort-out-plastic-recycling/): Australia needs national guidelines to tackle confusion about recycling rules, an inquiry has been told.
- [E-cigarettes pose a ‘triple threat’ to the environment](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/e-cigarettes-pose-a-triple-threat-to-the-environment/): Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream.
- [Clean Up WA: Why people need to reduce their plastic consumption](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-wa/): The National Rubbish report has revealed there was a 13 per cent increase in soft plastics in Western Australia despite the State Government’s Plan for Plastics.
- [Woolworths and Coles change strategy as report reveals two-thirds of Aussie rubbish is plastic](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/woolworths-and-coles-change-strategy/): Woolworths and Coles are adopting new strategies to combat plastic bag usage.
- [The truth behind Australia’s plastic and recycling crisis](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/the-truth-behind-australias-plastic-and-recycling-crisis/): Clean Up Australia has released a 2022 national rubbish report that has exposed the country’s plastic crisis.
- [Face masks, chips and lolly bags: Here’s what’s adding to Australia’s escalating plastics crisis](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/face-masks-chips-and-lolly-bags-heres-whats-adding-to-australias-escalating-plastics-crisis/): Rise in plastic trash reflects a worrying consumer trend and is further proof that Australia's plastics crisis is worsening.
- [Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/stop-tossing-your-spent-vapes-and-e-cigs/): Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream.
- [Environment groups call for urgent action on hazardous waste from e-cigarettes](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/environment-groups-call-for-urgent-action-on-hazardous-waste-from-e-cigarettes/): Head of Clean Up Australia says disposing of vapes is ‘a new and serious environmental issue’.
- [Here Are The Easiest Ways You Can Help The Planet This Clean Up Australia Day](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/help-the-planet-this-clean-up-australia-day/): Clean Up Australia Day happens annually on the first Sunday in March and is the nation’s largest community-based environmental event.
- [The Recycled Bar by 1800 Tequila](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/the-recycled-bar-by-1800-tequila/): A pop-up tequila bar has landed in the Royal Botanical Gardens, and it's made completely from recycled materials.
- [Q&A with Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/qa-with-pip-kiernan/): Clean Up Australia is dedicated to maintaining the wellbeing of our environment, and there are so many amazing ways Aussies can get involved.
- [With no recycling, what should you do with your plastic bags and pasta packets?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/with-no-recycling/): Soft plastic items meant for recycling are being stockpiled in warehouses instead. So what should you do with yours?
- [Ways to help reduce waste this Christmas](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/ways-to-help-reduce-waste-this-christmas/): Clean Up Australia wants Aussies to think about the planet when they plan their Christmas festivities this year and has offered some easy ways to help reduce waste.
- [Perspective: Pip Kiernan](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/perspective-pip-kiernan/): "Trust is all about being purpose-driven with integrity, authenticity and courage."
- [How Australia is seeing a ‘big shift’ on plastic waste](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/how-australia-is-seeing-a-big-shift-on-plastic-waste/): On Tuesday, Australia takes another step towards reshaping its throw-away society.
- [Are you recycling correctly?](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/are-you-recycling-correctly/): Australians produce 74 million tonnes of waste each year, yet only 60 per cent is recycled.
- [Covid’s ecological cost](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/covids-ecological-cost/): Pandemic-related pollution is clogging the environment, with potentially deadly consequences.
- [Clean Up Australia Day: Time to pick up litter legacy of Covid-19](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-time-to-pick-up-litter-legacy-of-covid-19/): Two years after Covid came ashore, Australia is awash in discarded single use face masks – part of the focus of this year’s Clean Up Australia Day.
- [Anaita defied expectations to start a business that now helps her family and the environment](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/anaita-defied-expectations/): Single use masks and packaging from online ordering is adding to the 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste Australians discard each year.
- [Clean Up Australia Chair Pip Kiernan calls for a better design of face masks](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/calls-for-a-better-design-of-face-masks/): In 2020, more than three billion single-use masks were thrown out across the world every day.
- [Clean Up Australia Day to tally how many face masks have been thrown out](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/how-many-face-masks-have-been-thrown-out/): Clean Up Australia chair Pip Kiernan says plastics in disposable masks can take 450 years to break down.
- [Clean Up Australia Day Is This Weekend](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-is-this-weekend/): Clean Up Australia Day is Sunday 6 March and it’s more important than ever that we all get involved.
- [Clean Up Australia Day](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-btn/): Sunday 6 March is Clean Up Australia Day and organisers say this year’s event will be particularly important.
- [Damage can’t be masked](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/damage-cant-be-masked/): Pandemic's detritus the last staw for Olympian.
- [Clean up day to unmask COVID litter issue](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-day-to-unmask-covid-litter-issue/): Clean Up Australia Day will this year incorporate a nationwide citizen science project to gauge the extent of face mask litter.
- [Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 6th March](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-is-on-sunday-6th-march/): At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three billion single-use masks were thrown out across the globe every day.
- [WHO warns of strain from spike in plastic waste during pandemic](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/who-warns-of-strain-from-spike-in-plastic-waste-during-pandemic/): The COVID-19 pandemic has generated millions of tonnes of plastic waste.
- [How COVID-19 has fuelled an explosion of waste in Australia](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/how-covid-19-has-fuelled-an-explosion-of-waste-in-australia/): The construction boom and safety measures — from plastic-laden face masks to disposable coffee cups — have fuelled Australia’s rubbish crisis.
- [Single-use masks are harming the environment](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/single-use-masks-are-harming-the-environment/): How many single-use masks have you accumulated over the last year?
- [Clean Up Australia award for 2025](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-award-2025/): Clean Up Australia launched its inaugural awards to celebrate individuals who make a positive contribution to our environment.
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2025](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-news/): This Sunday communities around the country are planning on getting their hands dirty for Clean Up Australia Day.
- [Clean Up Australia Day 2024](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-2024/): Nearly 1 million Aussies preparing to take action.
- [Olympian dives into Clean Up Australia initiative](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/olympian-clean-up-australia-day/): Olympic diver Sam Fricker and Pip Kiernan talk to The Morning Show about Clean Up Australia Day 2024!
- [Clean Up Australia 750,000 Strong Turnout](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-day-turnout/): Volunteers are expected to have picked up more than 300,000 pieces of plastic, metal, glass and other items.
- [Australia’s Clean Up Crusade](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/australias-clean-up-crusade/): Over 750,000 volunteers join Clean Up Australia Day.
- [Schools Clean Up Day a chance to mobilise nationally to make a difference](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/school-clean-up-day/): Clean Up Australia’s recent National Litter Report made for a tough read.
- [Clean Up Australia Report South Australia](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-report-south-australia/): Soft plastics still #1 most common item.
- [Vape rubbish doubles in the past two years](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/vape-rubbish-doubles/): Clean Up Australia says the number of disposable vapes littering our streets and parks has more than doubled since 2022.
- [Clean Up Australia: conservation in the current climate](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/conservation-in-the-current-climate/): As Clean Up Australia Day 2024 is just around the corner, we spoke with Jenny Geddes, CEO of Clean Up Australia.
- [Registrations open for Schools Clean Up Day 2024](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/registrations-open-for-schools-clean-up-day-2024/): Clean Up Australia encourages all schools to sign up and band together to take practical action to help tackle the nation’s growing waste challenges.
- [Clean Up Australia reveals refreshed identity, via uberbrand](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-uberbrand/): Clean Up Australia has today revealed a new brand identity via Sydney-based creative agency uberbrand.
- [Clean Up Australia unveils brand refresh via uberbrand](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-brand-uberbrand/): Clean Up Australia has revealed a refreshed brand identity to coincide with registrations opening for Clean Up Australia Day 2024.
- [Clean Up Australia unveils brand refresh via uberbrand](https://www.cleanup.org.au/news/clean-up-australia-unveils-brand-refresh-via-uberbrand/): The work was created by Sydney creative agency, uberbrand.

## Projects
- [Great Barrier Reef Clean-up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/great-barrier-reef-clean-up/): The Great Barrier Reef Clean-up is delivered through Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s ReefClean program in partnership with Clean Up Australia. Since joining the partnership in 2024, Clean Up Australia has helped mobilise communities, drive registrations, raise awareness and support national data collection.
- [The Big Butt Hunt](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/the-big-butt-hunt/): No More Butts is an environmental charity, registered in Australia in 2020. We advocate globally for environmental protection from the impacts of tobacco product waste, including cigarette butts and disposable vapes.
- [Let’s Clean Up Our Patch](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/lets-clean-up-our-patch/): Let's Clean Up Our Patch is a month-long Clean Up initiative held each year to tidy up the Tasman and Forestier Peninsular and supported by Tasman Council and Clean Up Australia since 2019.
- [Mermaid Pools Fix Up Project](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/mermaid-pools-fix-up-project/): In 2002, local resident Malcolm Fisher registered “The Return of the Mermaids” as a Clean Up Australia Day event, which saw 71 volunteers remove more than four tonnes of rubbish from the area.
- [The Redfern Waterloo Project](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/the-redfern-waterloo-project/): The Clean Up Australia community project at Redfern and Waterloo saw six monthly Clean Ups take place in public housing estates in the City of Sydney area.
- [Catch it in the Catchment](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/catch-it-in-the-catchment/): A yearly campaign run by Tamar Natural Resource Management in partnership with Clean Up Australia, catching litter from kanamaluka - the Tamar estuary catchment, in Tasmania.
- [Great East Coast Clean Up](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/great-east-coast-clean-up/): Clean Up Australia and the Landscape Recovery Foundation are teaming up with East Coast Catchments and local Councils for one month of community environmental action across beaches, parks and waterways along Tasmania’s east coast.
- [Ubuntu Clean Up for Women’s Legal Service QLD](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/ubuntu-clean-up-for-womens-legal-service-qld/): In May 2025, Clean Up Australia teamed up with the Ubuntu Foundation to connect people with the environment and each other in this special Clean Up project.
- [Greening the Green](https://www.cleanup.org.au/project/greening-the-green/): Albury City Council have always had innovative, sustainable solutions to waste management, with soft plastic recycling an area that needed to be explored further. The Greening the Green program presented an opportunity to work with local sporting organisations to reduce soft plastic waste and to support the circular economy.