Fleurieu residents can contribute to local activities as part of the annual Clean up Australia Day on Sunday 3 March.

Last year more than 760,000 Australians pulled on their gloves and gathered up the garbage.

Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia says: “Clean Up Australia Day is the largest volunteer clean up event across the nation each year and the most practical way to educate and demonstrate waste prevention. 

“By rolling up our sleeves and witnessing the sheer quantity as well as the common types of litter lining our streets, bushlands and waterways, we can gain a better insight into our own personal or household footprints on the environment. 

“It encourages each of us to consider practical ways we can prevent that litter in the first place.

“Vapes, cigarette butts, coffee cups and soft plastics are amongst the commonly reported items collected by volunteers.” 

All volunteers receive who register for Clean Up Australia Day receive a free Clean Up kit, containing gloves and bags and other resources, with packs for individuals, families and community groups available  

Victor Harbor Coastcare will host the annual Clean Up Australia event in Victor Harbor, meeting at the Causeway Cafe at 8.45am and finishing up at 11.45am.  

The group will cover the area in sections from the Inman River Kent Reserve area all the way along the coastline to the Hindmarsh River Estuary Bridge Point area.  

Strathalbyn Scout Group will coordinate a clean-up of its block on Milnes Road and surrounding local streets from 10am to 4pm.  

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community hobby farm, Masroor Garden, will hold a clean-up event on its 30 acres at Aldinga Beach, starting at 10am.

For full details of these events and others in the region visit the Clean up Australia website.

For those unable to participate, donations to Clean Up Australia are welcomed with 100 per cent of funds raised going directly to empowering Australians to take positive action for the environment and providing Clean Up kits.