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	A third of Clean Up Day rubbish is recyclable cans and bottles 2 March 2008 - More than 2500 tonnes of recyclable drink cans and bottles has been collected by an estimated 800,000 volunteers across Australia as part of the 19th Clean Up Australia Day.
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	To climate-proof Sydney major increase in water recycling needed 31 January 2007 - Large scale water recycling and major incentives for water saving devices in homes must be fast tracked if Sydney is to avoid a deepening water supply crisis in future decades, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan said today following the release of a CSIRO climate change study.
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	Australian Workers Favour Green Companies 29 August 2007 - New Newspoll Survey shows Australia companies need to think 'green' to attract workers
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	Water Clean Up Australia’s Clean Water Campaign is helping communities around Australia learn to live with climate change.
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	Communities taking action on climate change on World Environment Day 5 June 2007 - A unique Australian idea, Clean Up the World, is helping communities around the world take action today to improve their environment and limit the impacts of climate change as part of the United Nation’s World Environment Day 2007.
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	5-point plan to tackle climate change 18 May 2007 - World Environment Day on June 5th is fast approaching and the focus for this year’s event is on climate change. Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO is urging households to take up a 5-point plan for easy action on climate change and join the global community in celebrating World Environment Day.
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	Climate change concern increases Clean Up Day action 4 March 2007 - An estimated one million people across Australia have taken part in the 18th Clean Up Australia Day at more than 7000 sites across the country. Clean Up Australia Chairman also announced today a climate change pledge targeting volunteers involved to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent per year by 2010.
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	Kimberley stores say NO to plastic bags 20 June 2007 - Small businesses across the Kimberley are helping to reduce the 25.7 million plastic shopping bags that end up in landfill and the environment in the region each year by taking part in the Clean Up Australia Say NO to Plastic Bags campaign.
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	Mr Clean Up headed to Townsville to discuss regional action on climate change 22 May 2007 - Clean Up Australia Chairman and founder Ian Kiernan AO will meet with local Townsville business leaders and city councillors today to build on climate change initiatives to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions in the region.
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	Bellbrae Primary School wins Triple Bin Challenge after reducing waste by 20% 7 June 2007 - Bellbrae Primary School has been named the winner of the Triple Bin Challenge, a program that encourages students to recycle rubbish.
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	Millennium Generation Takes Forward Clean Up Australia Day Campaign 2 March 2007 - The millennium generation has taken up the Clean Up challenge to tackle today’s environmental crisis, the devastating impact of climate change on our world. Over half a million students from 2,369 schools across the country, are taking part in Schools Clean Up Day today ahead of Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday 4th March.
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	Missed Clean Up Australia Day? It’s not too late to help out 6 March 2009 - If you missed out on being one of the 630,000 Australians across the country who helped to Clean Up Australia last Sunday, don’t worry, you can still help to make a difference to our environment.
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	Clean Up Australia most trusted Australian environment charity 22 May 2007 - Australians have voted Clean Up Australia as the country’s most trusted environmental charity and Chairman Ian Kiernan AO as the fourth “most trustworthy” Australian.
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	Claims supermarket plastic bags not a problem “environmentally negligent” 17 May 2007 - Claims that supermarket plastic bags are not contributing to the problem of discarded plastic bags are environmentally negligent and fail to address the billions still being dumped in landfill each year, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
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	Volunteers still needed for Clean Up Australia Day 26 February 2009 - Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said it’s not too late to get involved in Clean Up Australia Day, with volunteer registrations still open at www.cleanup.org.au.
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	True Green applaudes the Australian of the year 2007 29 January 2007 - Sydney: When environmental campaigners and authors, Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin asked Tim Flannery to provide the cover quote for their book, True Green….100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet, they knew the Australian public had been influenced by the scientist’s outstanding advocacy work on climate change.
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	Berkley students show Australia what it takes to Clean Up 27 February 2009 - Berkley Public School students today made their school grounds the envy of the Illawarra region by taking part in Schools Clean Up Day and joining with more than half a million other children across the country to help improve the environment.
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	Workplaces targeted in Business Clean Up Day campaign to combat e-waste crisis 27 February 2007 - For the first time, 110 of the 371 businesses taking part in Business Clean Up Day today across the country have registered their workplaces as clean up sites with thousands of staff collecting electronic or e-waste in a bid to recycle and re-use mobiles phones, old computers and printing equipment such as toner cartridges.
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	Australian students show the way and Clean Up 27 February 2009 - More than half a million students across the country today lent a hand to help Clean Up Australia as part of the 2009 Schools Clean Up Day.
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	Clean Up Day comes of age, 18 years old and new research finds still important 24 February 2007 - Almost nine out of 10 Australians believe Clean Up Australia Day plays a vital role in protecting the environment, new research has found on the eve of the event ‘coming of age and turning 18 years old.
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	Record numbers of businesses help Clean Up 24 February, 2009 - More than 365 businesses across Australia are today taking part in the biggest ever Business Clean Up Day.
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	Cleaning up Clean Up Australia’s paper trail 25 August 2006 - Breaking through the final waste frontier and becoming a paperless office is the goal of iconic Australian community and environment organisation Clean Up Australia’s (CUA) new website www.cleanup.com.au.
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	Analysis reveals regional NSW most polluted areas 20 February, 2009 - The most polluted areas in the Hunter and across NSW were revealed today in a report by Clean Up Australia as part of the regional launch of Clean Up Australia Day 2009.
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	Illegal trashing of regional NSW targeted in Clean Up Day campaign 9 February 2007 - Communities across regional NSW are being urged to help reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions through greater recycling and take action to stop illegal rubbish dumping as part of the Clean Up Australia Day campaign.
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	That's Doctor Captain Yucky to You! 30 March 2006 - Clean Up Australia Chairman and Founder, Ian Kiernan AO was today awarded a Doctor of Science at the University of NSW.
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	Study finds refund scheme for bottles/cans in NSW is needed 15 February, 2009 - Over a third of all rubbish found in New South Wales on Clean Up Australia Day last year was related to drink cans and bottles, highlighting the urgent need for improved recycling rates, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
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	Records tumble as Kimberley community rallies to tackle rubbish 21 October 2006 - Record numbers of volunteers, including Indigenous communities and schools for the first time, removed almost 3000 bags of rubbish from 85 sites across the Kimberley from Broome’s famous Cable Beach to remote roadsides and campsites as part of the Clean Up the Kimberley campaign this weekend.
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	Study finds refund scheme for bottles/cans in TAS is needed 11 February, 2009 - Almost half of all rubbish found in Tasmania on Clean Up Australia Day last year was drink cans and bottles, highlighting the urgent need for improved recycling rates, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
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	Tasmanians urged to tackle climate change on Clean Up Australia Day 5 February 2007 - Electronic, or e-waste, is fast becoming one of the biggest waste challenges in Tasmania as old computers and mobile phones turn up in landfill at three times the rate of other rubbish and urgent action is necessary to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions landfill produces, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
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	Report finds SA leading the way on rubbish 9 February, 2009 - South Australians are far better recyclers of beverage waste than the rest of the country, Clean Up Australia’s annual Rubbish Report has found.
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	Record numbers heading to the Kimberley for clean up campaign 15 October 2006 - More than 1000 people will drive hundreds of kilometres to remove rubbish polluting popular campsites, roadsides and coastal areas in the Kimberley on 21-22 October - the largest community clean ever organised in the region.
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	Study finds refund scheme for bottles/cans in QLD is needed 4 February, 2009 - More than a quarter of all rubbish found in Queensland on Clean Up Australia Day last year was related to drink cans and bottles, highlighting the urgent need for improved recycling rates, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
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	Volunteers find most rubbish is recyclable 1 March 2009 - Clean Up Australia Day volunteers today found that a significant amount of the estimated 8300 tonnes of rubbish removed from beaches, waterways, parks and bushland across Australia could have been recycled.
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	Protect the Kimberley’s unspoiled beauty from waste dumping 8 September 2006 - The reputation of the Kimberley as one of Australia’s most spectacular natural places would be in jeopardy if residents did not travel thousands of kilometers to remove dumped waste from roadsides, coastal areas and campsites as part of the Clean Up the Kimberley Weekend.
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	Recycle my iPod – New survey finds consumers want action for Christmas 7 December 2006 - As the latest models in mobile phones and iPods fly off the shelves for Christmas, a new Newspoll survey shows consumers want companies to be responsible for recycling dangerous electronic waste.
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	Analysis reveals regional WA’s most polluted areas 28 January, 2009 - Coastal and bushland areas across regional WA are the most polluted sites in the state, analysis released today by Clean Up Australia has found.
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	New generation of recyclers to tackle Victoria's waste problems 12 July 2006 - Geelong primary students will be the first in Victoria to take part in a new environmental initiative launched jointly today by Clean Up Australia, Alcoa Foundation and Barwon Regional Waste Management Group.
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	Community clean up protects fragile Alps environment 12 November 2006 - The first Clean Up the Alps initiative, a community campaign to protect the fragile Alps environment including some of Victoria's most important fresh water sources, drew more than 80 volunteers despite torrential rain and freezing temperatures to remove almost two tones of waste, including scrap metal and other pollution from areas around Falls Creek and Mt Buffalo over the weekend.
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	Comm Bank cleans up Australia with new partnership 6 January, 2009 - The Commonwealth Bank has announced it will become a major sponsor of Clean Up Australia Day, one of Australia’s most recognised and longest running environmental programs.
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	Mountains visitors urged to take action to protect Victoria’s Alps 4 October 2006 - Victoria’s Alps are one of the most fragile environments in Australia so visitors are being urged to help restore and protect vulnerable areas during the first ever Clean Up the Alps Weekend on 11 and 12 November.
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