Delroy Clontarf boys are stepping up
YEAR 7 to 10 students enrolled in the Dubbo College Delroy Campus (DCDC) Clontarf Academy are excited to be participating in the Youth clean up, as part of the Clean Up Australia Day program.
“The boys will be cleaning up Pioneer Oval on Friday, March 5 and around the school,” DCDC Clontarf Academy director Keith Harvey said.
“The boys have physical training twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, where we do some sort of physical activity like touch footy, or we’ll go swimming. So, instead of that we’ve registered with Clean Up Australia Day to do a Youth Clean Up Day as their physical activity.
“We’ve been involved every year since I’ve been at the school. The boys are very excited. They just love any interaction really,” Mr Harvey said.
School clean ups in association with Clean Up Australia Day are categorised for preschools, primary schools and early education. High schools and tertiary institutions need to register as “Youth” Clean Up events, to ensure the correct sized materials are provided.
In 2020, more than 1300 high schools and youth groups got involved in Youth Clean Up Day.
Clean Up Australia provides event tool kits, promotional materials, safety advice and learning materials for schools.
In the NSW Clean Up Australia Day Rubbish Report 2019, the bulk of around 6,765 ute loads of rubbish collected was plastic (37 per cent) with the number one item being non-food packaging (26.6 per cent) followed by beverage containers (23.2 per cent)