Locals are being encouraged to check out rubbish hotspots in their neighbourhood and challenge their friends and family to make 2019 the year to get involved in the national day of action.

Businesses are encouraged to focus their action on Tuesday, February 26.

Schools will run their own Clean Up on Friday, March 1.

And youth and community groups will take to their streets over the weekend of March 2 and 3.

“Participating in one or more of these events is the perfect opportunity to join with family, friends, neighbours and colleagues to remove all the rubbish accumulating in your local park, bushland, beaches and waterways before it kills our wildlife,” a spokesperson for Clean Up Australia Day said.

Online registrations are free and now open at cleanupaustraliaday.org.au

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