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Mauritius Cleanup Day 2026 — the island's first cleanup movement built on real love for where we live. Verified CO2-equivalent data. Publicly reported.

This is the floor, not the ceiling.

🇲🇺 20 September 2026 · Under UNGA Resolution 78/122 🌍 Mauritius Cleanup Day is the island's first nationally coordinated observance of World Cleanup Day — a United Nations International Day under UNGA Resolution 78/122. On 20 September 2026, we are mobilising 63,250 volunteers across 9 coordination zones, 170+ secondary schools, corporations, institutions, NGOs, and communities — all moving on the same day.

190 countries participate in World Cleanup Day globally. Mauritius joins in 2026. Organised by Clean Moris — the permanent environmental coordination infrastructure for Mauritius.

17/10/2026

We had a dream of a beautiful, clean island. So we decided to make it real.

Schools, hotels, councils, NGOs, community groups, families all showing up for Mauritius Cleanup Day 2026.

This is what Mauritius looks like when it shows up. Not out of obligation.

But because enough people decided this island is worth it.

Our paradise on Earth 🇲🇺 🏝️☀️

15/10/2026

A toilet bowl. A mattress. Behind the same spot in Rose Belle. 🇲🇺

A member of NAFCO described finding the area far dirtier than expected, and being genuinely disgusted by what was left behind.

But the point of being there wasn't just to clean. It was to make the space safe again — safe enough for children to come back and play.

"On nettoie pour faire sentir aux enfants safe, pour nous-mêmes sentir safe."

A reminder of the 3 R's: reduce, reuse, recycle. Easy to say. Harder to see followed through, when the ground tells a different story.

13/10/2026

"Qu'est-ce que vous laissez derrière vous ?" 🇲🇺

Behind the Rose Belle fair, in Grand Port, Shania, from the Junior Managing Committee of Sov Lanatir, didn't find the usual trash. She found a mattress. A toilet.

"Très alarmant, très choquant en tant que jeune."

Her question wasn't about the waste. It was about why it's still there.

"Où est le problème ? Un grand manque de sensibilisation. Nos lois pas assez fortes. Les gens ne se rendent pas compte de ce qu'ils laissent derrière eux — pour nous, pour nos enfants, pour nos petits-enfants à venir."

This cleanup was carried out with Sov Lanatir, Clean Moris and the Municipality of Grand Port.

Her closing words, straight to her generation:

"Si nous ne sauvons pas la nature, la nature peut disparaître. Prends compte, les jeunes."

12/10/2026

Middlesex University Mauritius showed up in three places at once. 🇲🇺

At Bassin Vert, the Staff Sustainability Committee and their families worked alongside the Scouts of Sainte Brigitte. At the same time, their Rotaract Club students were cleaning Bras d'Eau and Poste La Fayette.

From campus to community, three sites, one team, one day.

Thank you, Middlesex University Mauritius, for showing what it looks like when a university commits to more than one site. 💚

12/10/2026

Three different people. Three different relationships with this island. One same message. 🇲🇺

One sees it as a paradise we're only passing through. One sees it as the country that welcomed them. One sees it as home.

All three showed up anyway.

Thank you to the Sunlife Hotels team who joined Mauritius Cleanup Day 2026. 💚

12/10/2026

A tourist saw it. We live here, and we stopped seeing it. 🇲🇺

A group of tourists joined a Mauritius Cleanup Day 2026 cleanup, and when we asked why, this is what they said:

"The island matters so much to us. The beauty, the unique nature, the beautiful blue sea. We care a lot about the shells, the fish, all the ocean life, and the birds. The beautiful birds. And the beautiful weather. It's just amazing."

We live here. We see it every day. Maybe that's exactly why we stop seeing it at all.

08/10/2026

Hilton Mauritius Resort & Spa roadside cleanup — and a lot of it. 🇲🇺

Cans, plastic bottles, telecom wires, used tyres, glass — their team didn't just clean, they dug into everything most people drive past without a second look.

This one was a joint effort: Black River District Council, Force Vives Flic en Flac, Domaine de Wolmar and Hilton's Iconic Host Committee, all joining hands.

Keeping our community clean is everyone's responsibility. Today, they lived it.

Thank you, Hilton Mauritius, and every partner who showed up alongside them. 💚

06/10/2026

This wasn't just a cleanup. It was a waste audit. 🇲🇺

In this video, Sov Lanatir's Vice President explains what sets this year apart. Her team was present at public events across the island, and this year, every bag collected was segregated on site — because that data becomes part of Mauritius Cleanup Day's National Impact Report. It's a long-term project, built event by event.

Watch to understand what a waste audit actually looks like, in practice. 👇

06/10/2026

Le Bocage didn't stop at one cleanup. They did two. 🇲🇺

For their second cleanup of the day, they expected 15 students. 40 showed up.

Starting at 8:30am, the team was so on-task and efficient that they wrapped the whole site by 10am.

That's not luck. That's what happens when a school builds a culture of showing up.

Thank you, Le Bocage International School — twice over. 💚

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