Million Mile Clean

Join The Million Mile Clean and feel the benefits of community spirit by cleaning up plastic pollution.

Wherever you live, our outdoor spaces need you. Be part of the Million Mile Clean and take action against plastic.

Wherever you live, tackle plastic pollution by joining the Million Mile Clean with Surfers Against Sewage. Receive free equipment to clean your local beach, park, river, mountain or street.

All you need to do is choose the date and time of each clean, register them each through our site and receive your equipment to get cleaning!

Make your cleans go even further by becoming a citizen scientist and collecting vital data on the brands and items found on your cleans.

Whether you live in a city, the countryside or by the coast, plastic will find its way into the ocean. Join the Million Mile Clean and stem the tide of plastic pollution.

Every clean counts!

We provide free equipment, insurance & guidance for your clean!

Get involved:

Register your clean

Want to start your own community beach clean or take individual action? Whether you’re making it public or going solo, find out how easy it is to set up your outdoor clean and get your free equipment to make it a success.

Submit your results

Upload the results from your cleans here and join our citizen science project. By entering your data you're helping us track down the worst plastic polluting companies out there, calling them out and driving real change!

Find a clean near you

Want to lend a hand at an outdoor litter pick or beach clean near you? Explore your local area and get all the details of your nearest clean up event, run by local volunteers. There’s no need to pre-register, just turn up and get stuck in!

How to do a Million Mile Clean:

Select a date and location that suits you.
You can do a private clean, or a bigger community event open to all and available to join on our map.
Simply register your clean below, and we can provide free cleaning equipment for up to 30 people.
We provide public liability insurance and guidance for your clean.
Become a citizen scientist by tallying up the items and brands you find along the way to collect vital evidence for ending single use plastic.
After your clean, submit your results to contribute to our next brand audit, and hold the polluters accountable!

Find out more about how to run or join a clean on our FAQs page. It’s easy to join in and open to everyone, wherever you live and however much you can do.

Submitting your results:

Take part in our most successful citizen science project to date – the Brand Audit. Volunteers across the country are collecting vital evidence of the worst polluting companies during their Million Mile Cleans, allowing us to challenge Big Business and government legislation to do more to protect our wild spaces. Simply mark down all the items and brands you find, and submit them above with your results.

Ocean Activism from the beachfront to the front-bench.

The Brand Audit

Read the Million Mile Clean 2025 Report

Our communities are taking plastic pollution head-on. This report captures just a snapshot of the amazing work happening in communities across the UK. From our continued collaboration with the Duke of Edinburgh volunteer programme to the efforts of organisations, Regional Reps, Plastic Free Communities, Plastic Free Schools and Ocean Network members, over 150,000 people took action to protect our environment – 2025 was a standout year.

Read The MMC 2025 Report

FAQs

Find out more about how to run or join a clean on our FAQs page. Whether you want to run a small private clean on your street, or a big community beach clean, it’s easy to join in and open to everyone, wherever you live and however much you can do.

Read the MMC FAQ’s