Not a load of Rubbish

In 1989, an “average Australian bloke(...) ” had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard, the Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has now become the nation's largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day. It is hard to believe that this campaign began as the inspiration(...) of one man, Australian builder and solo yachtsman, Ian Kiernan. As an avid(...) sailor, Ian had always dreamed about sailing around the world. In 1987, his dream came true .............. he competed in the BOC Challenge solo around-the-world yacht race. .............. he was sailing through the oceans of the world in his yacht 'Spirit of Sydney', he was shocked and disgusted(...) by the pollution and rubbish that he continually encountered(...) in areas such as the Sargasso Sea in the Caribbean. The polluted state of the world's oceans motivated Ian to act. .............. back in Sydney, Ian organised a community event with the support of a committee of friends, including Clean Up co-founder Kim McKay. What happened after this is now well documented. Clean Up Sydney Harbour Day in 1989 received an enormous public response, with more than 40,000 Sydneysiders donating(...) their time and energy to clean up the harbour. Rusted car bodies, plastics of all kinds, glass bottles and tyres were removed by the tonne. The idea of a clean-up day had ignited(...) an enthusiasm(...) and desire among the community to get involved and make a difference to their local environment themselves. The next year Clean Up Australia Day was born. Ian and his committee believed that .............. a capital city could be mobilised(...) into action, then so could the whole nation. Almost 300,000 volunteers(...) turned out on the first Clean Up Australia Day in 1990, and that involvement has steadily increased ever since. In the past 25 years, Australians have devoted more than 27.2 million hours to the environment through Clean Up Australia Day, and collected over 288,000 tonnes of rubbish. The next step for Ian and Kim was to take the concept of Clean Up Australia Day to the rest of the world. .............. gaining the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Clean Up the World was launched in 1993. In its inaugural(...) year, Clean Up the World involved approximately 30 million people in 80 countries. Clean Up the World demonstrates(...) that people across the planet are willing to do something themselves to help protect and care for their environment. (Reading text adapted from cleanup)