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Clean Up Australia 2011
There are a number of ways to be part of the 20th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day. Whether you want to go out and about and do a Clean Up or donate to the organisation, select an option listed below and get involved today.
Clean Up Australia are looking for a record number of volunteers for the 20th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day - and Guides can help. Create your own site or find a site to volunteer at, every action makes a difference. The 3 steps below show you how easy it is to make Clean Up Australia Day 2010 the most successful ever.
1. Find or Create?
All you have to do is go through the registration process, selecting your Guide Unit or Group as a Youth Group option (this will veto the requirement for a Waiver to be signed online) and Clean Up Australia will send you all the materials you need.
2. Tell your friends
Whether Guides created a new Clean Up Site or joined an existing one, Clean Up Australia will offer you a set of tools to promote it to your friends and family. Spread the word and make your Clean Up Day even more successful.
3. On the day
Last but not least, conduct your Clean Up. Make sure as a Site Coordinator you have organised all necessary arrangements and as a volunteer you show up on Clean Up Australia Day. Have lots of fun.
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Clean Up Australia Day (CUA) is officially the 7 March 2010. Over the last four years, Guides across Australia have participated in increased numbers each year, supporting our partnership with CUA. In 2009 Guides cleaned up over 220 sites across Australia.
Guide are encouraged to participate in CUA events and can register online for 2010 or call 1800 CUA DAY (1800 282 329). All registered Guide Units will receive a Clean Up kit and will have access to the Climate Kit. Resources can be found online but please be mindful of waste before printing.
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.
"We all have an impact on the environment we live in through what we use, reuse, throw away and pick up. So we can all make a difference by thinking of these things every day to benefit our environment and community." Ian Kiernan AO, Founder of Clean Up Australia
Ian also adds; "Clean Up Australia Day is a fantastic, fun event where everyone in the local community can come together and pick up rubbish to conserve the environment. Just one piece of rubbish can make a difference and ensure your favourite local beaches and parks stay clean for the future,"
Fast Facts about Clean Up Australia Day:
- Australians are among the highest producers of waste, per person, in the world.
- An estimated 7 billion cigarette butts end up in Australian waterways, streets and parklands each year.
- 80 million plastic bags are dumped in Australia each year - creating a serious threat to our precious marine life.
- Recyclable material makes up almost 80% of total household waste in Australia.
- To date, Clean Up Australia Day participants have collected over 200,000 tonnes of rubbish - that's 4.7 million household wheelie bins!
- Clean Up Australia Day is the largest community event of its kind in Australia - in 2009 over 630,000 people got involved.
- Guides identified Climate change as their number one global issue of concern in the Girl Guides Australia, Guides say...Project with water and environment issues as their number one national issues of concern.
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Clean Up Australia Day (CUA) is officially the 1 March 2009. For the last three years, Guides across Australia have participated in increased numbers each year, supporting our partnership with CUA. Guides cleaned up over 200 sites across Australia each year.
Guide are encouraged to participate in CUA events and to register your events for 2009 or calling 1800 CUA DAY (1800 282 329). All registered Guide Units will get access to the kids clean up kit. To minimise waste CUA will give each Unit a logon code so they can download these resources from the CUA website. Alternatively you can request them by phone.
Action on plastic bottle rubbish needed to Clean Up our Climate
Australians bought 118,000 tonnes of plastic drink bottles last year but only recycled 35 per cent of them. The 76,700 tonnes left behind either went to landfill, creating significant greenhouse gas emissions, or ended up in our environment as rubbish.
"Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 1 will be a focus for community action to address not just the growing problem of plastic bottle rubbish but greenhouse gas pollution as well," Ian Kiernan AO, Clean Up Australian Chairman, said.
"Recycling is a simple but effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Mr Kiernan said.
"Every aluminium can that is collected and recycled saves 767 grams of carbon dioxide, which is the equivalent of 1 wheelie bin of greenhouse gas emissions.
"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing our and future generations. I encourage everyone to take action by registering a Clean Up Day site. Let's start today to save tomorrow."
Fast Facts about Clean Up Australia Day: