Clean Up Australia Day 2021 was big in the city! 

A total of 11 events took place across the City of Perth for the 31st year of Clean Up Australia Day. 

Community groups, city-based businesses and volunteers joined forces with City of Perth staff, including the Tzu Chi Foundation, Friends of Kinds Park Bushland, LAE International Education Agency and Swans Estuary Reserves Action Group. 

Over 250 people worked together throughout the day to clean up the city’s six neighbourhoods including the city centre, Heirisson Island Foreshore, city parks and bushland. Over 3.5km of foreshore was cleaned and 20kg of rubbish collected on Heirisson Island alone.  

City of Perth councillors and CEO Michelle Reynolds joined Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas early Sunday morning to clean the Murray Street Mall.
 
Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas said that keeping our city’s 154km of roads, 404km of pathways and six neighbourhoods clean was a priority all year around.

“Clean Up Australia Day is a great motivation for us all to unite as a community and work together to clean up our city. However, keeping our city clean and beautiful for our residents, ratepayers, businesses and visitors is a focus for us every day and something we take very seriously.”

Here are some of the City of Perth’s year-around cleaning statistics: 
  • 59 cleaning staff dedicated to sanitation, street cleaning and graffiti removal. 
  • Cleaning operations span 20 hours per day, seven days per week.
  • 30,000 bins are emptied by the City of Perth each week.
  • On average 200 tonnes of bulk rubbish removed from street verges annually.
  • On average 12,900 square metres of graffiti is removed from city buildings and infrastructure each year.
  • The City of Perth has seven street sweepers to keep roads and footpaths clean:
  • CBD & Northbridge: roads and footpaths are swept seven-days per week
  • East Perth and West Perth: Roads are swept two-days per week, footpaths are swept five-days per week
  • Broadway/Hampton Road: Roads are swept two-days per week
  • The City increases this service to address seasonal fruit drop
  • Two dedicated cleaning staff to cover the city mall space all day, seven-days a week.
  • A general washdown of Northbridge and the CBD takes place seven-days per week across 11-shifts (day and night).
  • CMAR pressure cleaners are used by the City of Perth daily to remove oil, dirt, grime and organic material across the CBD and Northbridge at scheduled intervals throughout the night shift.