Get involved this Clean Up Australia DAY

Clean Up Australia Day on this Sunday 7 March aims to bring the community together to clean up litter around our local environment.

The Maitland community is encouraged to choose a location and organise a group to help with the clean up effort.

Maitland City Council’s Manager Environment and Sustainability Catherine Pepper says ‘participating in Clean Up Australia Day gives the community an opportunity to create a sense of ownership and connection with their local green space. In community surveys, residents called for more of these kinds of opportunities.

‘Being outside in the environment, socialising with like minded friends and participating in community events is also great for general wellbeing’.

Due to COVID-19 Safe precautions, Clean Up Australia Day 2021 will be a little different from past years, with groups encouraged to limit group sizes to 10 volunteers and practice social distancing.

In 2020, Maitland’s Clean Up Australia Day activities saw more than 200kg of litter removed from the environment.

To help minimise littering every day, the community can utilise car litter bags available free of charge from the Maitland Visitor Information Centre.

You can find out more about Clean Up Australia Day and register a site to clean up by visiting cleanupaustraliaday.org.au