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Volunteers Sought To Clean Up Pittwater
Pittwater Council is calling upon volunteers to help out on Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 6 March.
Pittwater Mayor Harvey Rose said the Council was keen for community groups or individuals to register a clean up site, so that volunteers can participate on the day.
“All you need to do is identify a site that you think needs a clean up and register it online,” at the Clean Up Australia website,” said Mayor Rose.
Waste education officer Emma Mackay said the Council could help with identifying suitable sites and will organise the removal of the rubbish on the day.
Sunday 6 March 2011 will mark 21 years since Ian Kiernan AO, founder of Clean Up Australia Day, launched the event around Australia urging people to make a difference by cleaning up their local areas for a couple of hours.
Since then, his simple idea has evolved to be Australia’s largest community-based environmental event.
In 2010 alone, almost 588,000 volunteers participated and 7000 sites were registered for Clean Up Australia Day. An estimated 15,560 tonnes of rubbish was collected.
“If everyone in Pittwater picked up just one piece of rubbish, we could all make a huge difference to the local environment, “Mayor Rose added.
To register a Clean Up site or to volunteer at a site.
Contact: Emma Mackay
Phone: 9970 1226