World Cleanup Day 2025; September 20th.

FORUM: “Strive for Five!.” World Cleanup Day 2025, the day will focus on the issue of textile and fashion waste, emphasizing its environmental impact and the need for systemic change. World Cleanup Day has always been about uniting communities to safeguard their environment and to heal, both socially and ecologically, through collective action. Poor waste management is intrinsically linked to the triple planetary crisis: pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. Combined, the world is greatly accelerating an accumulation of waste and pollution in all ecosystems and threatening ecosystems' balances and health. Promoting clean-ups in the lead up to and through the international Day is crucial for contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #worldcleanupday, #cleanup, #civicaction, #cleaningupwaste, #againsttrash, #cleanenvironments.

EVENTS: On September 20th to mark the World Cleanup Day 2025 and the 8th annual World Cleanup Day. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) invite all member states, organizations, and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and academia to the world’s largest single-day cleanup event. Please register to the event or direct any inquiries to wastewisecities@un.org.

EARTHDAY.ORG, the global organizer of Earth Day itself, supports Let’s Do It World, the creator and organizer of World Cleanup Day, on their 2025 theme “Strive for Five!.” This is a science-backed approach to environmental transformation that calls for 5% of the global population to participate in cleanups this September, knowing that once this critical threshold is reached, it can trigger sweeping behavioral changes worldwide on plastic pollution.

ACTIVITIES: Millions of people in over 190 countries participate, demonstrating global unity for environmental action. Volunteers, organizations, businesses, and communities will come together to remove litter and mismanaged waste from various environments, including beaches, rivers, and streets.

Join EARTHDAY.ORG and Let’s Do It World this World Cleanup Day on September 20th by finding a cleanup near you on The Global Cleanup Map. No event near you? Create your own cleanup event using our Clean Up Toolkit and do your part in ending plastics by signing EARTHDAY.ORG’s petition for a binding and meaningful Global Plastics Treaty.