Every year, millions of tonnes of litter end up in oceans, beaches, forests and elsewhere in nature. The primary causes of this littering issue are our society’s unsustainable production and consumption patterns, poor waste management strategies and a lack of awareness of citizens.
The Let’s Clean Up Europe campaign is active throughout all European Countries. For more information contact the the Coordinator responsible in your area.
By implementing clean-up actions you contribute to solving the littering problem but you also raise awareness about the amount of waste produced, the importance of waste prevention and waste reduction! Clean-up actions can be implemented between 1 March and 30June, every year, under the Let’s Clean-up Europe (LCUE) flag!
However our aim is to concentrate actions during the second weekend of May, namely from 11 to 13 May2018, in order to give a stronger voice and draw attention to the critical issues related to littering!
Identify the problematic place to clean, then get your contacts on board and register your action. If you want to go big you can set up a team and find some support or sponsors.
On the clean-up day it’s time for action! Gather your team and start collecting litter, sorting it as much as possible! Share ideas about the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We also have a LCUE Factsheet with more details and ideas.
