Clean Up Australia Day 2010 – just one piece of rubbish can make a difference

Once again, it’s time to mobilize your family and friends, don some gloves and help clean up our beautiful nation for Clean Up Australia Day 2010 in March. This year there’s an even greater reason to participate, with Clean Up Australia Day celebrating its 20th national anniversary.
2010 marks an incredible 20 years since Ian Kiernan AO, founder of Clean Up Australia Day, launched the event around Australia urging people to make a difference by cleaning up their local areas for a couple of hours. Since then, his simple idea has evolved to be Australia’s largest community-based environmental event. In 2009 alone, almost 630,000 volunteers participated and 7,000 sites were registered for Clean Up Australia Day.

Remember just one piece of rubbish can make a difference. So do your bit for your favourite local area so you can enjoy it for the next 20 years (and then some!) and save the date for the first Sunday in March – full details below!

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY 2010
WHAT:  Australia’s largest community-based environmental event. Get a group together and register your chosen Clean Up site online or simply join as an individual volunteer.

WHEN:
Clean Up Australia Day – Sunday 7th March
Business Clean Up Day – Tuesday 2nd March
Schools Clean Up Day – Friday 5th March

WHERE: A local area such as a park, waterway, beach or street in your neighbourhood.

WHO: Everyone is welcome – including friends, family, kids or work colleagues or anyone else.

HOW: Register for Clean Up Australia Day now at www.cleanup.org.au or call 1800CUA DAY for more information.

For further information or interviews contact:
Caitlin Dennehy 8260 2848 / 0423 267 383 or Sophie Coleman 8260 2841 / 0406 648 144 ; cleanup@thisismango.com.au