World Cleanup Day 2023

Announcing our best results in four years! 19.1 M participants cleaned up in 198 countries and territories, including 90% of UN member states!

We thank all volunteers, teams, country leaders, global partners, everyone who contributed to the great success. We did it – together!
Declared results for 2023, as per the 2023 Annual Report
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16 Sep
20 September – World Cleanup Day 2024
20 September – World Cleanup Day 2024
World Cleanup Day has now been added to the official United Nations Calendar of International Days & Weeks from 2024 onwards! This presents even greater opportunties to unite tens of millions participants in cross-sector cooperation, bringing citizens, governments, and organizations together to tackle the global mismanaged waste crisis and to help create a new, more sustainable and waste-free world. Join us on 20 September this year and every year!
September 16, 2023 10:57 AM
September 16, 2023 7:00 AM
Global
World Cleanup Day has now been added to the official United Nations Calendar of International Days & Weeks from 2024 onwards! This presents even greater opportunties to unite tens of millions participants in cross-sector cooperation, bringing citizens, governments, and organizations together to tackle the global mismanaged waste crisis and to help create a new, more sustainable and waste-free world. Join us on 20 September this year and every year!
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Let's Do It World Timeline

Let's Do It! 2008

On 3 May, over 50,000 people in Estonia – that's 4% of the population – came out and cleaned up the whole country in just 5 hours. This was the day a global, bottom-up civic movement was born and it spread like a green wave around the globe.

Let's Do It World 2012

From March until September, over 96 countries and territories held one-day cleanups, with over a million volunteers turning out, one highlight being Slovenia’s turnout – 14% of its entire population! The ‘Let’s Do It World’ movement was born.

Let's Do It World 2014

Preparations for the first, coordinated, single-day ‘World Cleanup Day’ started, led by the Let’s Do It Foundation in Tallinn, with targets to launch in 2018 and reach 5% of global population, the ‘tipping point’ needed to generate sustained societal change.

Let's Do It World 2018

The first coordinated World Cleanup Day was held on 15 September. The green wave of cleanups started in Fiji and ended in American Samoa 36 hours later. Over 18 million volunteers from 157 countries and territories participated.

Let's Do It World 2019

The Let’s Do It World NGO was established, representing and coordinating leaders and volunteers across the whole of the Let’s Do It World network. World Cleanup Day 2019 united over 21 million people from 180 countries and territories.

Let's Do It World 2020

The first global Digital Cleanup Day was held on Earth Day, 22 April, emphasizing the growing environmental impact of digital waste. World Cleanup Day 2020 attracted almost 9 million people from 166 countries and territories, in spite of Covid-19.

Let's Do It World 2021

Let’s Do It World’s Annual Conference was held virtually for the first time, attracting over 2,500 delegates worldwide. Even in another Covid-19 year, almost 9 million people participated in World Cleanup Day, from an incredible 191 countries and territories!

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