The Big Paddle Cleanup
In 2022, an amazing 1,200 paddlers took part in a bid to clear their local waterways of junk and plastic pollution, while raising more public awareness of the issue. The Big Paddle Cleanup is returning for two weeks of action to continue the mission to improve our precious blue places.
- Date
- Ongoing
- Venue
- Start nearby! You can help out your own local waterways!
- Sport / Physical Activity
- volunteering
- Organisation
- British Canoeing
- Contact
- Mr Neil Chatterji / schoolsport@active-together.org
- Tags
- Canoeing, Paddle Cleanup, Environment
The Big Paddle Cleanup
In 2022, an amazing 1,200 paddlers took part in a bid to clear their local waterways of junk and plastic pollution, while raising more public awareness of the issue.
The response was incredible. About 700 huge sacks were filled containing 2,123 single-use plastic bottles, 1,476 cans, 831 glass bottles and 3,296 food wrappers.
This phenomenal achievement did not go unnoticed. British Canoeing and its community of paddlers were recognised at the inaugural BBC Sport Green Awards for our efforts.
British Canoeing want the Big Paddle Cleanup 2023 (27 May and 11 June) to be even bigger.
Please find attached the toolkit to help organise a paddle cleanup.
Supporting Documents:
clear-access-paddle-cleanups-toolkit.zip (Zip Archive, 3.7 Mb)
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