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National CleanUp Day
TypeNational
CelebrationsVolunteer cleanup events
Date3rd Saturday in September
FrequencyAnnual
Started byBill Willoughby and Steve Jewett
Related toWorld Cleanup Day

National Cleanup Day is an annual event in the United States encouraging organized cleanup efforts. It is held on the third Saturday of September. The event is held in conjunction with World Cleanup Day. It is organized by the Non-Profit-Organization Clean Trails, and promotes individual and community volunteer activities to keep outdoor spaces clean and prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean.[1]

History

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The first National CleanUp Day was held in 2017 and had more than 225,000 volunteers.[2] In 2018, the event had over 1,500,000 volunteers who collected 14 million pounds of waste. The 2018 event was held in conjunction with the first World Cleanup Day.[3][4]

The 2019 cleanup received an estimated 20 million volunteers worldwide, including nearly 2 million volunteers in the United States.[5] The corresponding World Cleanup Day received an estimated 20,000,000 volunteers in 170 countries.[6]

In April 2019, Earth Day partnered with National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful for the inaugural Earth Day CleanUp, which had over 500,000 volunteers working to clean up trash and litter nationally.[7][8] Earth Day and presenting partners, World CleanUp Day, National CleanUp Day, and Keep America Beautiful organized individual activities such as Plogging and the Trash Tag Challenge.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "On National Cleanup Day, founders return to Mission Trails Regional Park". ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV. 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ^ "Get out your trash bags: Saturday is National Cleanup Day". Spectrum News 1. September 21, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "National Cleanup Day: City of Amarillo joins volunteers in cleaning up North Heights". News Channel 10. September 15, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Participate in National Cleanup Day through the Y". Circling the News. September 18, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "MILLIONS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD CLEANUP DAY AND NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY". EARTHDAY.ORG. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Millions of people participate in World Cleanup Day and National Cleanup Day". earthday.org. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ^ "We Only Have One Planet. Save It!". Girl Scouts. September 16, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "500,000 Volunteers Take Part in Earth Day 2019 Cleanup". earthday.org. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  9. ^ "The Great Global CleanUp - Earth Day 2020". Earth911.com. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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