World Cleanup Day 2023: help pick up litter near you

Published by Graziella de Sortiraparis, Cécile de Sortiraparis · Published on August 9th, 2023 at 05:20 p.m.
We're rolling up our sleeves to take part in World Cleanup Day 2023, which takes place all over the world on September 16. In Paris and the Ile-de-France region, numerous actions are being organized to help clean up litter.

Tired of seeing litter littering the streets of Paris? Well, on September 16, 2023, it's World Cleanup Day, a day that invites you to pick up any litter you see in order to clean up a particular area. Join in the action and make a one-day commitment to protecting the environment. Events are organized all over the Paris region, so all you have to do is join the nearest one indicated on the event map!

Equipped with gloves, tongs, garbage can liners and a map, volunteers will set off in search of the garbage that pollutes our streets and collect it, to restore cleanliness to gardens, parks and communal spaces . Masks, bottles, cigarette butts, paper, bags... This plastic waste is added to the nine million tonnes of garbage dumped into the seas and oceans every year, a total of 285 kilos per second.

80% of this pollution originates on land and is transported to the oceans by rivers. If nothing is done to stem this flow, scientific studies predict that there will be as many plastics as fish in the oceans by 2050. That's why it's important to take action and put waste in its place, i.e. in garbage cans, and to be vigilant on a daily basis.

Created in Estonia in 2007, this ecological movement has won over many organizations around the world. In 2022, 15 million people in 190 countries took part! In France, over 1,000 tonnes of waste were collected, including 13 million discarded cigarette butts.

Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
On September 16th, 2023

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    Prices
    Free

    Official website
    www.worldcleanupday.fr

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