Styrian spring cleaning 2025: Together for a clean environment!

Styrian spring cleaning 2025: Together for a clean environment!

Spring not only brings blooming nature, but also an increase in trash left behind in the environment. In Styria, over 780,000 volunteers are already taking part in the big spring cleaning to remove tons of waste. The responsible state councilor Simone Schmiedtbauer (ÖVP) emphasized the importance of this commitment: “It’s like a big family reunion of environmentally conscious people.” With an initial focus on raising awareness, the organizers hope that the younger generation of kindergartens and schools in particular will learn the importance of a clean environment. The campaign, which has been considered the country's largest environmental campaign for 17 years, runs from March 22nd to May 10th steiermark.orf.at reported.

Action in Vienna: “Vienna cleans up”

In parallel to the Styrian initiative, the city of Vienna is organizing the “Vienna Cleans Up” campaign, which will take place from April 28th to May 11th. Here, citizens are invited to collect garbage together in public spaces such as parks, sidewalks and playgrounds. To increase motivation, participants can collect bottles and cans with a deposit logo and thus also derive financial benefit from them. The campaign is not only intended to beautify the city, but also to take a stand against littering, which is strictly ecologically sanctioned in Vienna. Loud abfallberatung.wien.gv.at There are around 21,000 public waste baskets available in Vienna to make waste disposal easier.

Both campaigns aim to increase consumer awareness of environmental protection and create a cleaner environment. The commitment of the volunteers in Styria and Vienna shows how important it is to take responsibility for your own environment and to actively contribute to protecting nature. The coming season will result in an effective clean-up drive across the country through these initiatives.