Trail ecosystems are protected and restored.
Single Use Pollution (SUP) – like drink cans, food containers, gel sachets and lollie wrappers – is reduced and potential threat to flora and fauna reduced.
Robust trail-based SUP monitoring informs planning, policy and action.
Deeper and more meaningful (re)connection with self, with others and with nature.
Greater appreciation for outdoor adventures and shifting from ‘trail users’ to ‘trail custodians’.
Improved well-being amplified by a sense of giving back, doing good and being part of a community with purpose.
Active and equipped communities caring for local trails and for each other.
Collaborative partnerships and practices that help to shift attitude, behaviour, culture, relationships and policy.
Accessible activations lead to broader and more diverse participation.
The easiest thing you can do is simply remove any single use pollution that you see out on your trails... and make sure you don't leave anything behind.
Help us to establish where we're at in terms of trash on our trails and understand where help and guidance is needed most and which communities seem to be getting it right and from whom we can all learn.
Join our growing collective of Australian trail-users who want to protect our trails and the wild places that they take us by removing trash! Our monthly newsletter has updates, partner offers and educational content.
Turn any ride, run, roam or race into valuable data by recording and reporting the rubbish you find and remove using this quick post activity survey that takes less than 2 minutes.
This structured toolkit and process will allow you to provide a more detailed and scientific report on the single use pollution that you discover on your purposeful adventures.
Check out the UK version here.
Leave no trace, remove rubbish (eg food wrappers and drink containers), report what you can’t safely move.
Honour the traditions and cultural heritage of the Traditional Custodians of this land.
Stay safe, protect flora and fauna and do not damage the trails.
Look out for other trail users, communicate, give way and smile.
Do whatever you can - record findings, report hazards, offer aid, do maintenance, show your thanks, spread the word
Have fun and enjoy being in nature
Use this precious time in nature to refresh or reset your body and mind
Discover and share new places and experiences
Share the philosophy with others, educate and inspire action
Please take necessary precautions, looking out for hazards that may include leeches, spiders, snakes, dogs, golf balls, broken glass, asbestos and other good stuff!
If you see single-use pollution that needs moving, but you don't want to be the one to move it, contact your local council!
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Of if you want to get involved, have a question, seen some serious trash on a trail or want to talk about Trash Free Trails, just let us know:
Trash Free Trails Australia is based in Manly on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. We respectfully acknowledge the Gayamagal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our community exists, a place they know as Car-rang-gel (North Head, Manly) and the surrounding region. We recognise their deep and continuing spiritual connection to the land, waters, and sea of the Northern Beaches. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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