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{{Short description|Australian environmental organisation}}
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|name           = Clean Up Australia Limited
|image          = [[Image:Clean Up Australia logo.svg|250px|Clean Up Australia Limited logo]]
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| vat_id            = ABN 93 003 884 991<ref name=ASIC003884991/>
| registration_id   = ACN	 003 884 991<ref name=ASIC003884991/>
| founder           = [[Ian Kiernan]], [[Kim McKay]]<ref name="Oz20100906p29">Sally Jackson, "Exploiting great deeds for the common good" (Features section), ''The Australian'' (All-round Country edition), 6 September 2010, p 29 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document AUSTLN0020100905e696000be)</ref>
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'''Clean Up Australia Limited''' is a not-for-profit [[Australians|Australian]] [[Environmental protection|environmental conservation]] organisation. It is registered with the [[Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clean Up Australia Limited profile page on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission website |url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/aaf9133a-39af-e811-a95e-000d3ad24c60/profile}}</ref>

Clean Up Australia Limited has sponsored a yearly Clean Up Australia Day since 1990.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=About Clean Up Australia |url=https://www.cleanup.org.au/about-us}}</ref> On the first Sunday of March each year,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clean Up Australia Day FAQ page |url=https://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/resources/faq}}</ref> groups of citizens clean up rubbish at different sites across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clean Up Australia Day events page |url=https://www.cleanup.org.au/events}}</ref> According to the organisation, more than a million people participate each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clean Up Australia Day website |url=https://www.cleanup.org.au/cleanupaustraliaday}}</ref> Clean Up Australia Limited also supports other environmental efforts, including preventing waste in the environment.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
Clean Up [[Australia Day]] was first held in January 1990.<ref name="SMH19890922p1Col8">"Column 8", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 22 September 1989, p 1 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document smhh000020011117dl9m00tte); "CLEAN Up Australia, which is organising a national clean-up day on January 21, now has 41 groups registered to take part"</ref> The idea developed from an [[Australian Bicentenary]] event, "Clean-Up Lake Macquarie", which was instigated in 1987 by [[Ivan Welsh]] as Mayor of [[Lake Macquarie]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Jason|title=Former mayors castle Herald|date=17 March 2007|page=5|quote =  In 1987 he instigated the Clean-Up Lake Macquarie campaign as an Australian Bicentenary event. After its success, Ian Kiernan arranged a series of meetings at Lake Macquarie to learn more.<br /> Kiernan then went on to organise the inaugural Clean-Up Sydney event, which then grew into Clean-Up Australia Day and now Clean-Up the World Day.}}</ref> Then followed the local "Clean Up Sydney Harbour"<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-10-17 |title=Ian Kiernan: The man who wanted to clean up the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45884720 |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> event in 1989, organised by [[Ian Kiernan]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-10-17 |title=Ian Kiernan: The man who wanted to clean up the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45884720 |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[Kim McKay]], with more than 40,000 volunteers who collected approximately 5,000 tonnes of rubbish. The 1990 ''Clean Up Australia Day'' event was launched by the then prime minister, [[Bob Hawke]], over the initial opposition of the then state premier, [[Nick Greiner]].<ref name=SMH19890918p7>"PM Shoulders Clean-up Plan", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 18 September 1989, p 7 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document smhh000020011117dl9i00rvy); "The Prime Minister launched a nation-wide foreshore clean-up program yesterday to help Sydney overcome its beach pollution problems, but the Premier, Mr Greiner, described the plan as a 'publicity campaign'. ... The Prime Minister said the community campaign to clean up the nation's 37,000 kilometres of coastline was a follow-on from last January's Sydney Harbour clean- up, during which 40,000 people collected 5,000 tonnes of rubbish – 4,900 tonnes more than expected."</ref> Greiner later reversed his position and offered his support for the event.<ref>Darren Horrigan, "Even bigger Sydney area clean-Up plan", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 December 1989, p 2 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document smhh000020011117dlc700zgi)</ref>

"The Rubbish Report" was produced each year from data collected by [[surveying]] participants. As of 1990, 94% of rubbish was from packaging.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122395014 |title=Packaging 'the rubbish culprit'. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=4 December 1991 |accessdate=19 November 2015 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> By 1993, the campaign was focusing more strongly on sorting the rubbish collected into [[Recycling in Australia|recyclables]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196378323 |title=Increase in recyclables. |newspaper=Times (Victor Harbor) |location=Victor Harbor, SA |date=5 March 1993 |accessdate=19 November 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and Kiernan was using Clean Up Australia Day to advocate for changes to legislation surrounding reduction of packaging and returning packaging to companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127252568 |title=Call for more incentives to recycle. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=6 December 1993 |accessdate=19 November 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1994, over 8,000 sites were cleaned up as part of the day.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1301.0Feature%20Article71995?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1301.0&issue=1995&num=&view=| title = 1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 1995}}</ref> In 2008, Kiernan put a focus on bottled water, advocating for the expansion of [[Container deposit legislation in Australia|container deposit refunds]] in Australia.<ref>"Put Down the Bottle". ''Government News'', Vol. 28, No. 1, Feb 2008: 18.  {{ISSN|1447-0500}}.</ref> 

In 2012, sponsorship cutbacks and a drop in private donations caused the organisation to have to dismiss all of its paid staff.<ref>Miriam, Steffens. [https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/clean-up-australias-money-troubles-are-just-a-bump-in-the-road-says-kiernan-20120711-21wfd.html "Clean Up Australia's money troubles are just a bump in the road, says Kiernan."] Sydney Morning Herald, The 12 July 2012: 6. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre. Web. 18 November 2015.</ref>

==Clean Up the World==
Clean Up the World was established in 1994 after Ian Kiernan and Kim McKay approached the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], with an idea to take his Clean Up concept global.<ref>"Solo anti-rubbish campaign sparks global clean-up.", ''Reuters News'', 2 September 1993 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document lba0000020011121dp9202qa4); "A round-the-world yachtsman's campaign against ever-growing mounds of garbage has prompted 600 communities to take part in a global clean-up, an Australian environmental organisation said on Thursday. ... Ian Kiernan, the yachtsman who launched the project after sailing round the world alerted him to widespread sea pollution, said 600 communities in 17 countries will clean streets, waterways and beaches from 17 to 19 September. ... Countries involved in the worldwide event, coordinated by Clean up Australia in conjunction with the U.N. Environment Programme, include India, Zimbabwe and Mexico."</ref><ref name=SunTel20070916/>

Clean Up the World is an international campaign that encourages communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment through the Clean Up the World Membership program.

A Clean Up the World weekend is held on the third weekend of September each year and, by 2007, the event attracted more than 35 million people from over 120 countries to volunteer.<ref name=SunTel20070916>Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin, "Acting locally", ''Sunday Telegraph'' (Sydney, Australia), 16 September 2007, p 8 accessed 24 February 2012 via factiva.com (Document SUNTEL0020070915e39g0007a); "An estimated 35 million people from around 120 countries will participate this weekend in the 15th Clean Up the World campaign, a great Australian export. Established in 1993 by the Clean Up Australia team, the campaign partners Clean Up the World with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to encourage communities around the globe to take action, improving their environment and limiting the impacts of climate change."</ref>

==Other campaigns and projects==

===Business Clean Up Day===
Business Clean Up Day<ref>[http://cleanup.org.au/au/GetInvolved/business-clean-up-day.html Business Clean Up Day]</ref> provides Australian businesses with an opportunity to contribute to waste reduction and the improvement of the environment.

Businesses register their commitment to implement at least one environment-friendly initiative in their workplace, giving them an opportunity to work as a team and make a difference to their local environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Institute of Packaging {{!}} Business Clean Up Day |url=https://aipack.com.au/business-clean-up-day/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Schools Clean Up Day===
Schools Clean Up Day<ref>[http://cleanup.org.au/au/GetInvolved/schools-clean-up-day.html Schools Clean Up Day]</ref> is designed to allow students to participate in Clean Up Australia as part of a school activity.

===Clean Up the Kimberley===
Clean Up the Kimberley<ref>[http://cleanup.org.au/au/GetInvolved/clean-up-the-kimberley.html Clean Up the Kimberly]</ref> is a series of community action-based projects focussed on the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley region of Western Australia]]. The primary objectives of this initiative are to clean up rubbish hot spots, increase awareness of the scale and impact of rubbish in the region, change tourist and local community behaviour and improve local recycling and waste management infrastructure.

===Clean Up the Alps===
Clean Up the Alps<ref>[http://cleanup.org.au/au/GetInvolved/clean-up-the-alps.html Clean Up the Alps]</ref> is a project aimed at protecting the [[Alpine Shire|Alpine region of Victoria]]. It is run in conjunction with [[Parks Victoria]], [[Conservation Volunteers Australia]], and local communities as part of the Victorian Government's 'The Alps: A fresh start – a healthy future' program. The project culminates in the Clean Up the Alps weekend, held annually in November.

==See also==
*[[Environment of Australia]]
*[[Litter in Australia]]
*[[Clean-up (environment)]]

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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.kesab.asn.au}} – Keep South Australia Beautiful (KESAB) environmental solutions
* {{official website|https://www.kab.org.au}} – Keep Australia Beautiful National Association Ltd (KABNA)
* {{official website|http://www.cleanup.org.au}} – Clean Up Australia
* {{official website|http://www.cleanuptheworld.org}} – Clean Up the World

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