Trash Hero are delighted to announce their half-year impact numbers. In the first 6 months of the year, 22,887 volunteers took part in 1,275 community cleanups. They collected 83,126kg of trash an average of 459kg a day! As of 30th June 2024, Trash Hero have been active in 102 locations, in 13 countries.
In total, since December 2013 the organisation has:
- organised 22,113 cleanups.
- collected 2,534,487 kg of trash.
- mobilised 538,530 volunteers, including 146,237 under 16s.
They have also distributed 109,828 reusable water bottles, saving over 41 million single-use plastic bottles, and preventing 2,087 tonnes of CO2 emissions.