Programme nearbyCommunityFrankfurtClean up a square with friends and make it feel in FrankfurtClean up a square with friends and make it feel in Frankfurt Frankfurt has a small public square near almost every home: a market corner in Höchst, a quiet Platz in Nordend, a bench area in Ostend, a spot in Bockenheim or Westend. Most just need people to show up. Gather a few friends, spend an hour picking up litter together, then stay a while and enjoy the place you just cleaned. That is the whole idea, and it works because you repeat it. What you can do - Pick a square near where you live. Browse Wikimedia Commons: Squares in Frankfurt am Main for names and photos, or explore a district first on Visit Frankfurt: Frankfurter Stadtviertel (Bockenheim and Westend, the Brückenviertel in Sachsenhausen, Höchst's old town, Nordend and Bornheim, or Ostend along the Main). Well-known squares like Opernplatz, Konstablerwache, or Höchster Markt work too, but any square near you is just as good a start. - Message two to six friends who live close by and agree on a time. A Saturday morning works well. - Sign up once as a Sauberkeitspatin or Sauberkeitspate on the FES page Bürgerinnen und Bürger helfen mit. You choose the square or street, FES gives you grabbers, gloves, and bags and keeps restocking them, and you get one fixed contact person for questions. You clear small litter yourself and report anything larger, like dumped furniture, by phone or email. - Or plan a one-time group clean-up through FES Bürger-Sammeltage. Pick an upcoming date, such as the Main Cleanup on 12 September 2026 or World Cleanup Day on 20 September 2026. FES supplies the equipment and collects the waste afterward. For parks, playgrounds, or the city forest, contact the Grünflächenamt first (gruenflaechenamt@stadt-frankfurt.de), as the FES page explains. - Or join the citywide Frankfurt Cleanup weekend, run together by cleanffm and FES Frankfurt. The last edition, in March 2026, brought together more than 7,000 people across around 200 pickup points. The next one is set for 12 and 13 March 2027; registration opens closer to the date. - Add a reuse table once the litter is gone, the way Klimaschutz-Initiative Riedberg does it: lay out tools, toys, and household items nobody needs anymore so a neighbour can take them home instead of them being thrown away. - Finish by staying. Bring coffee, sit on a bench, talk to whoever passes by. That last part is what turns a cleaned square into a square people actually want to be in. How it works The Sauberkeitspate programme has run since 2000 and keeps adding people: 416 patrons by 2022, 476 by 2023, plus schools and kindergartens that care for an area as a group. You decide how large your patch is and how often you show up; there is no minimum. Bürger-Sammeltage work the same way for a single day: register, pick up gloves and bags at a collection point, clean, and FES takes the waste away afterward. Frankfurt Cleanup scales that same pattern to one weekend a year, city-wide. None of this changes who owns the square. It stays public land; you are simply the person, or group of friends, who looks after a small part of it. Why it matters Showing up for the same square more than once turns strangers into people you recognise and greet. It is a low-effort way to meet neighbours, and there is no guilt attached: you are not fixing a crisis, you are just making one place a little nicer to be in. A handful of small groups doing this across Frankfurt adds up to a city where public squares get used and looked after instead of avoided.cleanupplazaneighbourhood +2
From a builderCommunityFrankfurtCleanUp-Spaziergang am FlussUfer Cleanup Gemeinsam am Flussufer entlanglaufen, Müll aufsammeln und Zeit mit Menschen verbringen, die einem wichtig sind. Inspiriert von Aktionen wie dem Frankfurt Cleanup und dem RhineCleanUp, wollen wir dasselbe Prinzip kleiner und persönlicher machen. Kein großes Event, keine Logistik, nur ein paar Freunde, Handschuhe, Müllsäcke und danach vielleicht ein Kaffee. Manchmal reicht es, einfach anzufangen. --- Riverside cleanup stroll Walk along the riverbank together, pick up litter, and spend time with people you care about. Inspired by initiatives like the Frankfurt Cleanup and the RhineCleanUp, we want to bring the same spirit down to something smaller and more personal. No big event, no logistics, just a few friends, gloves, bin bags, and maybe a coffee after. Sometimes it's enough to simply start.cleanupoutdoorclean water
Programme nearbyRewildingOsloClean Alna river park litter in OsloClean Alna river park litter in Oslo Naturvernforbundet invites an open drop-in litter cleanup in Svartdalsparken by the Alna river. Bring gloves and join the crew. What you can do - Read the cleanup event page - Meet near Arnljot Gellines vei 41 B as listed - Bring gloves; bags are often provided How it works Open drop-in on 21 Sep 2026. Confirm whether a follow-up date appears. Why it matters Oslo river parks stay wilder when neighbours clear litter together.oslocleanupriver +1
Programme nearbyCommunityBelgradeZavrni rukave: Serbia's nationwide cleanup movementRoll up your sleeves: hundreds of locations, one shared action day Zavrni rukave (Roll Up Your Sleeves) is Serbia's largest recurring volunteer cleanup, organised by Eko straža. Inspired by Estonia's one-day national clean-up and Slovenia's mass mobilisations, the campaign runs several times a year across hundreds of towns, villages, riverbanks, and forest edges, not to erase every dump overnight, but to make waste visible and build civic pressure for systemic change. What you can do - Anyone: pick a location on zavrnirukave.rs, show up on action day with gloves and bags, no registration required - Community leaders: register a polluted spot and become a location captain before the deadline on the campaign site - Schools and clubs: bring a group to a nearby green or blue space, organisers report 5,600 volunteers and 156 tonnes collected at the May 2026 edition alone How it works Location captains coordinate local teams; communal services collect filled bags. The campaign publishes before-and-after photos and location maps so every cleanup becomes public evidence. Why it matters Collective joy beats guilt. When thousands roll up their sleeves on the same morning, litter stops being someone else's problem.cleanupvolunteerwaste +2
Programme nearbyCommunityFrankfurtRegister a riverbank cleanup with your neighbou in FrankfurtRegister a riverbank cleanup with your neighbou in Frankfurt RhineCleanUp and MainCleanUp help families, clubs, and neighbourhood groups free riverbanks from litter in Frankfurt. You pick the stretch, invite helpers, and RhineCleanUp gGmbH can supply sacks, gloves, and grabbers through sponsors Postcode Lotterie and naturstrom. What you can do - Open MainCleanUp or RhineCleanUp, name your group, and register an open or private cleanup - Read the CleanUp-Leitfaden for site checks, waste-disposal coordination, and safety (stay on the bank, not in the water) - Coordinate with your local waste office before the day; report collected kilograms after the action so the network can track community impact - Download posters and flyers from the PRAKTISCHES section on your river's programme page How it works Register with an email, add date, meeting point, and whether others may join. Organisers stay on site for material hand-out, a short safety briefing, and bag drop-off as agreed with authorities. The guide suggests 1 to 1.5 hours for children and 2 to 3 hours for teens and adults. Why it matters River litter is visible, local, and fixable in an afternoon. When neighbours measure what they remove, they see how small habits upstream add up, and new groups keep returning each season.rivercleanupvolunteer +2
Programme nearbyCommunityFrankfurtJoin the nationwide MainCleanUp day in FrankfurtJoin the nationwide MainCleanUp day in Frankfurt Every September, groups along the Main and across the RhineCleanUp network run open riverbank cleanups on the same weekend in Frankfurt. In 2026 the bundesweite Aktionstag is Saturday 12 September. Sponsors provide free collection kits so you can focus on meeting neighbours and clearing the shore. What you can do - Search open groups on MainCleanUp near your town and register online - Bring sturdy shoes, water, and sun protection; organisers hand out sacks, gloves, and grabbers where available - Log how many kilograms your team collects when the organiser asks (community totals appear on the programme map) - Pair with local groups such as cleanffm on the Frankfurt Mainufer if you are in the Rhine-Main region How it works Public listings show date, meeting point, and registration form. Show up at the published time; the organiser briefs helpers and coordinates waste hand-over with municipal services. The action repeats annually: check the site each summer for the next date. Why it matters A shared day turns solo litter picks into a visible civic habit. Along the Main, clubs, schools, and green groups meet at the water and leave the bank cleaner for walkers, rowers, and wildlife.rivercleanupmain +2
Programme nearbyCommunityFrankfurtRiedberg reuse & neighborhood clean-up in FrankfurtRiedberg reuse & neighborhood clean-up in Frankfurt Bundle a Saturday clean-up with a reuse corner, tools, toys, and housewares get a second stop before anything is discarded in Frankfurt. What you can do - Join actions via Klimaschutz-Initiative Riedberg - Coordinate with cleanffm for gloves, bags, and sorting guides - Invite your housing cooperative to host the reuse table after the walk Why it matters Cleaning up together builds pride in shared space, and reuse tables prove that “rubbish” often still has a neighbour who needs it.cleanupreuselocal
Programme nearbyCommunityFrankfurtTake part in spring cleanups on Main, Mosel and in FrankfurtTake part in spring cleanups on Main, Mosel and in Frankfurt Before the big September action, the network runs an early-season window on tributaries in Frankfurt. In 2026, Main, Mosel, and Kinzig cleanups are scheduled 13 to 22 March, with a Dreck-weg-Tag in Düsseldorf on 21 March. Use the river programme sites to find open groups or register your own. What you can do - Browse spring listings on MainCleanUp, MoselCleanUp, and KinzigCleanUp - Follow the CleanUp-Leitfaden for waste-office coordination and safe bank access - Join municipal formats such as Rüsselsheim's CleanUp Walks that combine Main shore work with neighbourhood Dreck-weg days - Register an open group if your stretch has no public listing yet How it works Each river hub lists upcoming public cleanups with registration forms. Organisers confirm meeting points closer to the date. Spring events prime the shore for summer use and feed into the September network day. Why it matters Tackling litter after winter floods and before peak river recreation keeps plastic and glass from drifting downstream. Spring rounds spread the work across more weekends so smaller towns can join without running a second large event alone.riverspringcleanup +2
Programme nearbyCommunityPodgoricaCleanupMontenegro: 725 volunteers, 13 municipalities, 5 tonnes removedFrom 18 to 40 organisations in a single year CleanupMontenegro is a national cleanup network coordinated by Zero Waste Montenegro, spanning 40 organisations and informal groups across 13 municipalities. In September 2024, the network mobilised 725 volunteers across 22 cleanup events: from coastline to mountain: removing nearly 5 tonnes of waste. The network doubled in size from 2023 to 2024, reflecting growing community appetite for organised environmental action. What CleanupMontenegro offers participants - Organised cleanup events from coastal beaches to mountain trails: something for every terrain and interest - Equipment provision (gloves, bags, sorting guidance) so no prior experience is needed - A growing community of environmental volunteers across 13 municipalities - Follow-up data reporting that makes the cleanup's impact visible and shareable How to engage - Montenegro residents: follow Zero Waste Montenegro for the next CleanupMontenegro week announcement (usually September) - Organisations: join the CleanupMontenegro network by contacting Zero Waste Montenegro - Municipalities: host a cleanup event in your territory: the network provides logistics support Why it matters Cleanup networks that grow from 18 to 40 organisations in one year are building lasting civic infrastructure. Montenegro's CleanupMontenegro demonstrates that a zero waste movement can scale through peer-to-peer network growth rather than top-down institutional mandate.cleanupvolunteersnetwork +2
