World Cleanup Day 9/20/26: Cleaner Communities Start With All of Us
Every day, we talk about keeping workplaces clean.
But on September 20, World Cleanup Day, the idea of a clean environment extends beyond the walls of our businesses and into the communities we all share.
World Cleanup Day encourages people around the world to spend a little time picking up litter, cleaning public spaces and taking better care of the places we call home.
At Bay Towel, that's a message we can get behind.
Wisconsin Is Our Home, Too
Bay Towel is a fourth-generation, family-owned Wisconsin company. Our trucks travel through Wisconsin communities every day. Our employees live here. Our customers operate businesses here. We eat at the local restaurants, visit the parks, attend community events and raise our families in many of the same communities we serve.
That's why taking care of Wisconsin isn't someone else's responsibility.
It's ours, too.
World Cleanup Day is a simple reminder that making a difference doesn't always require a huge project.
Sometimes it starts with picking up a piece of trash.
A Little Effort Adds Up
Imagine if everyone spent just a few minutes cleaning up the area around their workplace, neighborhood, favorite park or local walking trail.
One person may only fill a small bag.
But when an entire workplace, neighborhood or community gets involved, those small actions can quickly become something much bigger.
This September 20, consider grabbing a pair of gloves and a trash bag and spending a little time cleaning up:
- Around your workplace
- Along a sidewalk or walking trail
- At a local park
- Around your neighborhood
- Near a community gathering space
- Anywhere you regularly spend time
You don't need to organize a massive cleanup effort to participate.
Leave one place a little cleaner than you found it.
That's a pretty good place to start.
Clean Spaces Matter
We see the value of cleanliness every day at Bay Towel.
A clean entrance creates a better first impression.
A well-maintained restroom makes employees and visitors more comfortable.
Clean towels, linens, mats and uniforms help businesses maintain the standards their customers and employees expect.
And outside the workplace, clean spaces matter just as much.
Parks, sidewalks, trails and other public areas are shared by all of us. Taking care of them helps make our communities places we're proud to call home.
From Our Facilities to Our Communities
At Bay Towel, our job is to help Wisconsin businesses stay clean, stocked and ready for the day ahead.
But World Cleanup Day gives all of us an opportunity to think a little bigger.
What can we do to help keep our entire community clean?
Maybe it's organizing a quick cleanup around your workplace.
Maybe it's taking your family to a local park and picking up litter for 30 minutes.
Maybe it's simply grabbing that piece of trash you normally would have walked past.
Small actions matter—especially when a lot of people decide to take them together.
Let's Keep Wisconsin Beautiful
We're proud to serve communities throughout Wisconsin, and we're even prouder to call Wisconsin home.
So this World Cleanup Day, we're encouraging our employees, customers, partners and neighbors to find one small way to make their corner of the community a little cleaner.
Grab some gloves.
Grab a bag.
Pick a place.
And leave it better than you found it.
Because cleaner workplaces are important.
Cleaner communities are something we can all be proud of.
