General News
7 March, 2022
Horsham rolls its sleeves for Clean up Australia Day
Horsham residents hit the streets and parks for Clean up Australia day 2022.
HORSHAM community members banded together once again to tackle town waste in the 2022 Clean Up Australia Day event.
The country’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day, represented an opportunity as a nation to tackle waste problems.
Sunday, March 6 saw town residents meet to clean up rubbish at the seven entrances to Horsham.
Horsham Tidy Towns committee chairman David Eltringham said he hoped the event would help continue the message of keeping Horsham tidy and litter-free.
“Clean Up Australia Day is a national initiative,” he said.
“We had several areas which we’d tasked people to, to ensure they were clean and tidy.
“The clean up day also doubled as a lead up for the Australian Sustainable Community and Tidy Towns 2022 awards.
“We’re hoping the spirit of Clean Up Australia Day will continue for the next couple of months while we wait for the national judge to arrive.”
The Horsham Tidy Towns committee are currently aiming for a national title after qualifying to be in the running of the Australian Sustainable Community and Tidy Towns 2022 award.
Horsham Tidy Towns committee member and Rotary Club of Horsham president Neil King said he was thrilled with the response from Horsham residents and businesses.
“We’re really pleased there’s been a big response from local businesses,” he said.
“WDEA Works Horsham participated by cleaning along Dimboola Road starting near KFC Horsham and Rotary Club of Horsham cleaned along Golf Course Road.
“Bunnings Horsham have stepped up again in terms of their support. When we’ve done Clean Up Australia Day in 2018 and 2019 they’ve supported us.
“It’s a national program that’s been around for 40 years. I think it’s important to continue that and continue running it in Horsham.”
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Clean Up Australia chairman Pip Kiernan, said it was more important than ever to get involved on Clean Up Australia Day.
“Our environment is experiencing the impact of the pandemic,” she said.
“We’re seeing a huge surge in single-use plastics and unprecedented numbers of face masks, takeaway coffee cups and food packaging littering our footpaths, parks and beaches.
“There’s no better time than right now to show that you care.
“While we have been encouraged by the strong interest from communities right across Australia, more rubbish is entering our environment by the day, so we need everyone to get involved.”