In 2021 we had an idea. What if we could rally 100,000 volunteers to each clean 10 miles of blue, green or city space each year? To get together and feel the benefits of community spirit, being outdoors and making a difference? To pick up the trash that covers our coastlines, canal paths, bridleways and city streets? Now the biggest initiative of its kind in the UK, the Million Mile Clean is an annual action bringing Ocean Activists together to tackle plastic pollution head on.
Closely tied to the UN Decade for Ocean Science, the Million Mile Clean will run every year until 2030, mobilising 1 million volunteers to clean over 10 million miles of UK landscape.
It’s easy to join in and open to everyone, wherever you live and however much you can do.
There are three ways you can get involved with the
Million Mile Clean
From large community cleans to individual action, private or public, we’ve got you covered. Find out how easy it is to set up your clean from scratch, register it with us, and get hold of your free equipment to make your clean a success.
Upload the results from your cleans here and join our citizen science project. By entering your data you're helping us track down the worst plastic polluting companies out there - the "Dirty Dozen"!
Want to lend a hand and bring your energy to an existing clean? Perfect. Find your Region and get the where, when and how of your nearest clean. All these cleans are run by local volunteers, you don’t need to pre-register. Just turn up and get stuck in.
We’ll send you an email when your clean is over asking you to take part in our most successful citizen science project to date – the Brand Audit. Volunteers across the country are collecting vital evidence of the worst polluting companies during their Million Mile Cleans, allowing us to challenge Big Business and government legislation to do more to protect our wild spaces.
Ocean Activism from the beachfront to the front-bench.
If you have any queries about registering or joining a clean, please check out our FAQ page.
