''Let's Clean Slovenia 2012'' ( sl, Očistimo Slovenijo 2012) was a Slovenian environmental volunteer project organized by the environmental organization Ecologists Without Borders with the goal of joining 250,000 people on 24 March 2012 and cleaning municipal waste from illegal

landfill A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...

s in the country. Cleaning of scattered garbage in urban areas was also organized. The project, a continuation of the ''

Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day! ''Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day!'' ( sl, Očistimo Slovenijo v enem dnevu!; OSVED!) was a Slovenian environmental volunteer project organized by the environmental organization Ecologists Without Borders on 17 April 2010. Its goal was carrying ou ...

'' carried out two years before, was inspired by the Estonian campaign ''

Let's Do It 2008 Let's do it 2008 ( et, Teeme ära 2008) was a large campaign on 3 May 2008, to activate civic society in Estonia in an effort to cleanup the country from litter. It was organized by Let's Do It! World. Preparation The litter pickup spots were m ...

'' and organized within the frame of the '' World Cleanup 2012''. The work started in March 2011 and culminated in the all-Slovenian cleanup on 24 March 2012. Around 121,000 people applied until a few days before the event, with official support from almost all Slovene municipalities. Data from the inventory of illegal landfills created in collaboration with Slovene mapping service Geopedia was used in directing volunteers towards landfills. Among the participants were the Slovenian Army, top Slovene politicians, celebrities, and Rainer Nõlvak, the main motivator of the movement '' Let's Do It! World''. President of Slovenia Danilo Türk acted as an honorary patron, and the folk-rock musician Vlado Kreslin responded to a request and wrote the song "Okna na stežaj" that became an official hymn of the event. The ''World Cleanup 2012'' initiative, which was started on that day by Portugal and Slovenia, will continue with clean-up actions in over 80 countries until September 2012. Over 270,000 people or 12% of the population participated in Slovenia. 5000 tons of waste were picked up.

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* {{official, http://www.ocistimo.si Environmental volunteering Environmentalism in Slovenia Cultural history of Slovenia 2012 in Slovenia Volunteering in Slovenia Historical events in Slovenia

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