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National Clean Up Dayis held annually in theUnited Statesand globally on the third Saturday of September. In the United States, there arecleanupsheld in every State and territory. It encourages country-scale organized and individual cleanup events andvolunteeringto keep the outdoors clean and prevent plastic from entering the ocean. National CleanUp Day is organized byClean Trails,anon-profit organizationfounded by Bill Willoughby and Steve Jewett.[1]
| National CleanUp Day | |
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| Observed by | National CleanUp Day is observed globally. |
| Celebrations | Volunteer to cleanup the country. From Sea to Shining Sea. |
| Date | 3rd Saturday in September |
| Frequency | Annual |
History
editThe inaugural National CleanUp Day was held in 2017 and had more than 225,000 volunteers.[2]The 2018 event had over 1,500,000 volunteers, 14 million pounds of waste collected and was held in conjunction with the inauguralWorld Cleanup Day.[3][4][5]
The 2019 cleanup received nearly two million volunteers and resulted in the collection of 18 million pounds of waste.[6]The U.S. event was coordinated with World Cleanup Day and saw a combined 20 million volunteers in 170 countries, which is the largest single day global volunteer event.[7]Beginning in 2018, theU.S. Department of Transportationparticipated in cleanups on their local and interstate highway systems.[8][9][10]
In April 2019,Earth Daypartnered with National CleanUp Day andKeep America Beautifulfor the inaugural Earth Day CleanUp and had over 500,000 volunteers working to clean up trash and litter nationally.[11][12]Earth Day and presenting partners World CleanUp Day, National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful organized individual activities likePloggingand theTrashTagChallenge.[13]
References
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- ^"National Cleanup Day: City of Amarillo joins volunteers in cleaning up North Heights".News Channel 10. September 15, 2018.RetrievedNovember 22,2021.
- ^"Participate in National Cleanup Day through the Y".Circling the News. September 18, 2018.RetrievedNovember 22,2021.
- ^"About Clean Trails - Past Results".cleantrails.org.26 July 2019.Retrieved26 July2019.
- ^"National Clean-Up Day 2020: Be Part of The Solution, Not the Pollution".Plus Printers.RetrievedDecember 15,2022.
- ^"Millions of people participate in World Cleanup Day and National Cleanup Day".earthday.org.24 September 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 11 December 2019.Retrieved11 December2019.
- ^"Adopt a Highway volunteers bag a win for Arizona on National CleanUp Day".Arizona Department of Transportation. October 5, 2018.RetrievedJuly 19,2021.
- ^"Join National CleanUp Day!".Arizona Department of Transportation. August 11, 2020.RetrievedJuly 19,2021.
- ^"Florida Department of Transportation".National CleanUp Day. n.d.RetrievedJuly 19,2021.
- ^"We Only Have One Planet. Save It!".Girl Scouts. September 16, 2020.RetrievedMay 18,2020.
- ^"500,000 Volunteers Take Part in Earth Day 2019 Cleanup".earthday.org.22 July 2019.Retrieved22 July2019.
- ^"The Great Global CleanUp - Earth Day 2020".Earth911.25 March 2020.Retrieved25 March2020.