Go Greener – Clean Up Australia Day 2022

Clean Up Australia Day is an annual event, where communities and individuals are invited to help reduce Australia’s rubbish problem by donating their time to clean up local areas and preserve Australia’s environment. This year the event will be held on Sunday 6 March.

Australia has a large plastic problem, where we produce 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste each year, equating to 100kg of plastic per person. Of this plastic, 84% is sent to landfill. 130,000 tonnes of plastic consumed leaks into the marine environment every year. It is predicted that by 2025, 99% of seabirds worldwide will have ingested plastic.

Maailma is organising a SCEGGS clean up event after school on Thursday 10 March, where students are invited to pick up rubbish in areas around the school from 3:30 – 5pm. Gloves will be required to participate, so bring along any gloves you have at home, such as gardening gloves. Please do not bring any plastic/disposable gloves – we do not want to be adding to the problem! If any students know of an area that desperately needs cleaning around the School, please let Ms Zipfinger or Ms Pizzinga know. This afternoon can be used for community service hours.

We also encourage students to participate in Clean Up Australia on the Sunday as well in their local areas.

India Poiner
Maailma Captain