Clean-Up Week Begins as Cyprus’s Largest Volunteer Drive Passes 350,000

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Running until 2 November under the slogan #InYourHands, the campaign targets beaches, forests, parks and urban areas.

Thousands of volunteers in every district are taking part in Let’s do it! Cyprus 2026, the country’s largest environmental and volunteer campaign, which began on Monday. Clean-up Week runs until 2 November 2026, and the campaign has so far brought together more than 350,000 volunteers of all ages, according to an announcement reported by CNA.

Who is taking part

Under the slogan #InYourHands, schools, companies, organisations, communities, municipalities, public services, informal groups, associations, families and groups of friends are joining the nationwide mobilisation.

Where clean-ups are taking place

Clean-ups are being held at beaches and coasts, forests, fields, parks, neighbourhoods and urban areas across the island, the announcement states.

Organisers and sponsors

The NGO Together Cyprus is the organiser of the global Let’s do it! movement in Cyprus.

Clean-up Week 2026 is held under the auspices of the Office of the Commissioner for the Environment and Animal Welfare, with the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment as Grand Sponsor. CNA is one of the communications sponsors.

Closing ceremony

Clean-up Week will culminate on Sunday, 1 November 2026, with a closing ceremony at Athalassa National Forest Park in Nicosia.

Source: CNA