How we ACT

PATRON Cleanup

A JOINT JOURNEY

...towards #plasticfreepeaks.
What began in 2019 with a community clean-up event in our home region, the Allgäu, has now become a cross-border movement in the Alpine region and beyond. In 2022, 8,000 participants have already registered for the PATRON CleanUP events. In 2023, this figure more than doubled: 19,825 PATRONs were on the road to do something good for nature. In 2024, we reached a major milestone together and broke the 20,000 mark. In 2025, over 16,000 people set out once again to clean up nature. Over the years, more than 70,000 PATRONs have registered on our CleanUP Map. You can find out where we’ve been cleaning up in our PATRON CleanUP History.

What's coming next?

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#plasticfreepeaks

PATRON CLEANUP Events 2026

Join the PATRON community and do your bit for a cleaner natural environment. There are already some major litter-picking events on the calendar, and more are being planned across the Alps. So get involved and let’s work together to help create a litter-free natural environment. Grab your outdoor mates, pick up a CleanUP Kit from the local distribution points, sign up on the PATRON CleanUP Map and let’s get started! You can find out more and sign up under the relevant CleanUP event. Or simply register for one of our guided CleanUP Hikes. If you’d rather collect litter on your own and need a CleanUP Kit, just email us and add your private CleanUP to our map to share your impact. Our CleanUP Tracker for 2026 is up and running. Let’s do something good – together.

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An overview of PATRON CleanUP Events 2026

Freeing nature from rubbish

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.

To the CleanUP Map

join the movement

The journey to #plasticfreepeaks starts with you! Whether you're a local or a guest, from any generation - anyone who wants to do something good for nature can take part.

Taking part for the first time? Under the following link we explain 'How to CleanUP': how you can register and where you can get your CleanUP kit.

How to CleanUP

your PATRON cleanup kit

To ensure that you are well equipped for your CleanUP, we and our partners will provide you with a free CleanUP kit during the CleanUP Days. This consists of

reusable stainless steel tongs
a Fabric CleanUP Bag if you want to do a CleanUP more often
or a Wild CleanUP Bag if you want to try out a CleanUP

You can get the CleanUP Kit at one of the distribution points in the regions during the event periods. You can find all stations on the CleanUP Map.

About the CleanUP Kit

10 PATRON GUIDELINES

To enable you to give something back to Mother Nature, we provide you with tips for a nature-friendly stay and a safe CleanUP in the great outdoors.

We have developed the 10 key ideas for a PATRON CleanUP together with our partners from the Albrecht von Dewitz Foundation and outdooractive.

To the CleanUP guidelines

PATRON get together

During the CleanUP Days, we organise events where we invite you to get involved, get informed or simply get together. We want to give you the opportunity to be active in a group and get to know like-minded people. Because the community & exchange is very important to us. Be it at a joint CleanUP, an informative workshop or in a relaxed atmosphere at a #patronconcert. Either way, we look forward to seeing you there.

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Figures, data, facts.

CleanUP history

Shared success

You have questions?

WE HAVE ANSWERS.

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IT IS OUR NATURE.

Why we do what we do.

The aim of the PATRON CleanUP Days is easy to explain: in joint, recurring events, we free nature from rubbish that has been left lying around. We no longer stand idly by and watch, but give something back to nature. In this way, we contribute to an intrinsic change in awareness that our world urgently needs. Step by step and hand in hand closer to our vision of #plasticfreepeaks.

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