Press Release
TWO OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS- LET’S DO IT WORLD NETWORK AND EARTH DAY NETWORK- SIGN COLLABORATION AGREEMENT TO TACKLE GLOBAL WASTE
January 31, 2020
31 January 2020 (Tallin, Estonia; Washington, DC)
To mark its 50th anniversary, Earth Day Network is organizing the Great Global Cleanup encouraging all citizens to host a cleanup in April 2020. The aim is to pick up at least one billion pieces of trash. The Great Global Cleanup will take place across the USA and the world, supported by Let’s Do It World Network.
The two organizations hope to engage millions of people worldwide with their concerted efforts for a cleaner world. Let’s Do It World Network, has been involved in organizing cleanups since 2008. Earth Day Network (Earthday.org), is the global coordinator of Earth Day, which works with more than 100,000 partners in 190 countries.
This partnership is an opportunity to come together to achieve tangible impacts on waste in our environment.
The agreement, which was signed at the annual Let’s Do It World Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, sets out the goals of the collaboration, strategy and plans for both organizations.
Heidi Solba, the President of Let’s Do It World Network and Head of its Global Network expressed the urgent need for this collaboration: “We have realized that cleaning the world by ourselves is not enough – we need to work with other like-minded organizations, with the public as well as private sector. The problem of mismanaged waste affects us all and only together can we draw attention to it and find solutions towards a more sustainable world based on the circular economy model.”
“This year’s cleanup is expected to be the largest volunteer event in history and we are pleased to be partnering with Let’s Do It World Network,” said Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network. “The goal is to remove billions of pieces of trash from our green spaces, urban communities, and waterways. Improved health and positive growth can be achieved once people gain the expectation that their community will be clean. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we’re working to build a world in which every person can live in a clean healthy community.”
Let’s Do It World Network and World
Cleanup Day Global Media Contact
Katrin Winter
Head of Communications
[email protected]
Earth Day Network
Denice Zeck