Clean Up Australia Day returns on Sunday 1 March 2026, and we're calling on individuals, families, schools, and community groups across the country to register now and get in on the action to be part of Australia’s largest environmental movement.
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 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.
“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,” Pip said.
Registrations for Clean Up Australia Day 2026 are now open. Volunteers 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).
As an added bonus, if you register your Clean Up Australia Day event before 31 December, you will automatically be entered into an early bird competition to win one of five donated $500 Coles vouchers. Ts & Cs apply.
If you are unable to participate, donations to Clean Up Australia are 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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About Clean Up Australia
Founded by Ian Kiernan, AO in 1990, Clean Up Australia is one of the country’s most recognised and trusted environmental organisations, inspiring and mobilising communities to improve and conserve our environment, eliminate litter and end waste. Clean Up Australia Day is the nation's largest community-based environmental event, and more than 23 million Australians have participated since its inception.
Clean Up Australia now works with community, governments and businesses to provide practical solutions to help all Australians live more sustainably every day of the year. Today the organisation’s focus is as much on preventing litter entering our environment as it is removing what has already accumulated.
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Feature Communications on behalf of Clean Up Australia:
Phoebe Price,
0410 113 449
Lisa Poisel,
[email protected] 0412 151 664
