Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day!

Its goal was carrying out the largest environmental act in the history of Slovenia by joining 200,000 volunteers which would remove at least 20,000 tons of municipal waste from illegal landfills in the country.

[1] In this phase, several other organizations joined the effort, such as the Administration for Civic Protection and Disaster Relief,[2] Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts (University of Ljubljana)[3] and others.

Around 300 members of the Slovenian Armed Forces participated in the experimental cleanup a week before the main event to sort out logistical problems.

[4][5] According to official data, around 105,000 people from all Slovene municipalities applied by the end of initial period of registration on 10 April, which was later extended to until the day of the event.

[9] For this achievement, Ecologists Without Borders were awarded the Order of Merit of Slovenia by the president Danilo Türk.

Volunteers cleaning a sinkhole dump near Verd during the event