{{short description|Day observed annually September in the US}} {{Infobox holiday | holiday_name = National CleanUp Day | image = Ncl logo.png | caption = | duration = 1 day | frequency = Annual | date = 3rd Saturday in September | celebrations = Volunteer cleanup events | relatedto = World Cleanup Day | type = National | weekday = Saturday | month = September | startedby = Bill Willoughby and Steve Jewett }} '''National Cleanup Day''' is an annual event in the United States encouraging organized cleanup efforts. It is held on the third Saturday of September. The event is held in conjunction with World Cleanup Day. It is organized by the Non-Profit-Organization Clean Trails, and promotes individual and community volunteer activities to keep outdoor spaces clean and prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-16 |title=On National Cleanup Day, founders return to Mission Trails Regional Park |url=https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/on-national-cleanup-day-founders-return-to-mission-trails-regional-park |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV |language=en}}</ref>
==History== The first National CleanUp Day was held in 2017 and had more than 225,000 volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/environment/2021/09/17/get-out-your-trash-bags--saturday-is-national-cleanup-day |title=Get out your trash bags: Saturday is National Cleanup Day |date=September 21, 2021 |publisher=Spectrum News 1 |access-date=December 15, 2022}}</ref> In 2018, the event had over 1,500,000 volunteers who collected 14 million pounds of waste. The 2018 event was held in conjunction with the first World Cleanup Day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newschannel10.com/story/39098383/national-cleanup-day-city-of-amarillo-joins-volunteers-in-cleaning-up-north-heights/ |title=National Cleanup Day: City of Amarillo joins volunteers in cleaning up North Heights |date=September 15, 2018 |publisher=News Channel 10 |access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.circlingthenews.com/participate-in-national-cleanup-day-through-the-y/ |title=Participate in National Cleanup Day through the Y |date=September 18, 2018 |publisher=Circling the News |access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref>
The 2019 cleanup received an estimated 20 million volunteers worldwide, including nearly 2 million volunteers in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.earthday.org/millions-participate-in-world-cleanup-day-and-national-cleanup-day/ |title=MILLIONS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD CLEANUP DAY AND NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY |publisher=EARTHDAY.ORG |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> The corresponding World Cleanup Day received an estimated 20,000,000 volunteers in 170 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.earthday.org/2019/09/24/millions-of-people-participate-in-world-cleanup-day/ |title=Millions of people participate in World Cleanup Day and National Cleanup Day |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=24 September 2019 |website=earthday.org |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211235914/https://www.earthday.org/2019/09/24/millions-of-people-participate-in-world-cleanup-day/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In April 2019, Earth Day partnered with National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful for the inaugural Earth Day CleanUp, which had over 500,000 volunteers working to clean up trash and litter nationally.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.girlscoutsnebraska.org/en/about-us/blog/2020/we_only_have_one_pla.html |title= We Only Have One Planet. Save It! |date=September 16, 2020 |publisher=Girl Scouts |access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.earthday.org/2019/04/26/500000-volunteers-take-part-in-earth-day-2019-cleanup/ |title=500,000 Volunteers Take Part in Earth Day 2019 Cleanup |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 July 2019 |website=earthday.org |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref> Earth Day and presenting partners, World CleanUp Day, National CleanUp Day, and Keep America Beautiful organized individual activities such as Plogging and the Trash Tag Challenge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earth911.com/inspire/the-great-global-cleanup-earth-day-2020/ |title=The Great Global CleanUp - Earth Day 2020 |author=<!--Gemma Alexander--> |date=25 March 2020 |website=Earth911.com |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://www.nationalcleanupday.org/ Official website] * [https://www.earthday.org/campaign/worldcleanupday/ National and world cleanup Day]
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