Organising a Business Clean Up

A Business Clean Up is a great way to:

• Make a difference by helping us deliver tangible environmental benefits
• Be seen supporting your community and involve your staff, customers and stakeholders
• Increase team cohesion via a low-cost team building exercise
• Include your activity as part of your corporate social responsibility and sustainability goals

We provide materials and support

• Organising a Business Clean Up site is simple, you just need a champion like you!
• Get your staff involved and choose a location you would like to see cleaned up
• Register a site and nominate a supervisor
• Carry out your Clean Up activitiy in accordance with our guidelines.
• Recognise the efforts of your team 
• Send us your rubbish report

Prior to registering you will need to: 

• Choose an appropriate site - the best way to do this is speak to your staff about local litter hotspots or you can consult our litter hotspot list
• The hotspot list includes suggested sites plus trust parklands or similar which require special permission
• Beyond the above list, Clean Up Australia is not in a position to provide localised advice regarding appropriate sites
• Think of a name for your site & be able to define its location eg South side of Cooks River from Wardell Road to Illawarra Road
• Pick a date and time range
• Have your credit card handy (cost of business registration is $220 plus GST per site)
• Identify a site supervisor for each group - have their name, mobile number and emergency contacts ready to enter
• Decide if you can dispose of collected rubbish via your normal waste channels. If not, you will need to make alternative arrangements. Your local council may be able to help.
  

Site Supervisor’s Responsibilities

Prior to Clean Up Day

• Read our Site Guide and follow safety instructions in it
• Inspect the site if you have not already done so. Identify any potential hazards 
• If you are expecting more than 10 volunteers, it is advisable to complete our Risk Assessment form to ensure you have considered all safety issues
• Promote your Clean Up within your organisation
• Check your COVID-19 safety arrangements

Organise equipment. Refer to our Site Guide. We will supply you with a starter kit which includes:
 

• 10 Business Clean Up bags (half for recycling and half for general rubbish)
• 10 pairs of gloves
• 1 supervisor's vest
  
• 1 sharps container
  
• Letter with instructions

We encourage groups to bring their own hand sanitiser. 

Your clean Up kit contains bags and gloves for up to 10 people.

Please note, if you have a larger group you will need to organise additional clean up bags and gloves to ensure your team members each have an individual set. Extra materials can be purchased from our on-line store, or brought from home.

On the Day

You will need to ensure that you follow the procedures outlined in the Site Guide. You will need the following documents from our Resources section:

• Volunteer Registration (we encourage the use of our QR Code Digital Registration rather than the paper form)
• Risk Warning Poster
• Accident and Incident Form
• End of Clean up Report