September 2026: 27 cleanups, 295 bags and a community on the move

In September 2026, the Un Sacco Pulito community documented 27 cleanups, collecting 295 bags and involving 14 active people, teams or organisations. Beaches, woods, roads, parks, trails and a river: many places, one shared practical action.
The five pages that provide an explicit weight document at least 607.77 kg of waste. This is not a conversion from bags: it is the sum of kilograms stated on those individual pages only. The other 22 cleanups have no structured kg value. The La Maddalena and Caprera page also describes around two tonnes, but that figure is approximate and remains separate from the verified total.
The sixth edition of “Insieme per il creato” at Lido di Volano brought around 50 volunteers to the beach near the Po river mouth, recording 470 kg and 90 bags. Summit Foundation's Clean-Up Tour ITA passed through Lana, Racines, Weissenstein and La Robella, recording weights, participant numbers and cigarette butts. More than 60 volunteers worked across 12 areas of La Maddalena and Caprera, while Ass. Greenbassi made a hiking-plogging action along the Via Francigena from Gambassi Terme to Castelnuovo.
All cleanups in September
1 September — Fortullino, Storie di Armando: 2 bags.
1 September — Pievepelago, TV Verde: 2 bags.
2 September — Baia dell’Arancio, Storie di Armando: 2 bags.
2 September — Strada per Pieve di Gusaliggio, Gnoma Del Bosco: 3 bags.
3 September — Spiaggia Porto Taverna, Storie di Armando: 2 bags.
3 September — SS 125 Orientale Sarda, Storie di Armando: 2 bags.
5 September — Barbiano di Felino, Daniela Fantoni: 1 bag.
5 September — Capriccioli, Un Sacco Pulito: 25 bags.
6 September — Lido di Volano, TV Verde: 90 bags and 470 kg.
6 September — Tricase, Cavalcavia Marina Serra, Clean Up Tricase: 10 bags.
7 September — Sardegna, Un Sacco Pulito: 2 bags.
7 September — Tavolara, Un Sacco Pulito: 2 bags.
9 September — Grecia, Susanna Esposito: 2 bags.
11 September — Barbiano di Felino, Daniela Fantoni: 1 bag.
12 September — La Robella, Summit Foundation: 4 bags and 5.22 kg.
13 September — Seneghe, Caddenaghe picnic area, KEasyGO: 4 bags.
13 September — Weissenstein, Summit Foundation: 29 bags and 45.52 kg.
15 September — Varigotti, Un Sacco Pulito: 3 bags.
17 September — Racines, Summit Foundation: 30 bags and 67.08 kg.
18 September — Barbiano di Felino, Daniela Fantoni: 1 bag.
20 September — Lana, Summit Foundation: 30 bags and 19.95 kg.
25 September — Parco Forlanini Golf, Marco Polito: 5 bags.
25 September — Poltu Paddha, Davide Oggioni: 1 bag.
26 September — La Maddalena and Caprera islands, Un Arcipelago senza Plastica: 30 bags; around two tonnes and more than 60 volunteers are described on the page.
26 September — Pietra di Bismantova, Un Sacco Pulito: 1 bag.
26 September — Porto Caleri, Io Raccolgo Porto Caleri: 7 bags.
27 September — Gambassi Terme, Via Francigena, Ass. Greenbassi: 4 bags.
These totals are based on cleanups published on the official Un Sacco Pulito cleanup portal during September. Bags are summed only when explicitly stated; kg data is partial and includes only five pages with a verifiable numerical value.
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The cover uses a real photograph from the Via Francigena cleanup, published on its USP page.