Welcome to our special CITO event - The Big Beach Clean! And joining forces with the CITO Across the World initiative!
Where: Dún Laoghaire - meet at St Michael's Square, and pick up rubbish along the East and West Piers up to the Pleasure Gardens.
When: 09:00 until 12:00
Why: To make the Dún Laoghaire piers and surrounding areas a little bit better.
Your Task: Collect as much litter as you can! The person with the most will get a geocoin!
What to bring: Weather dependent clothing, strong waterproof footwear, and your own drinking water.
What is supplied for you: The bags, gloves, pickers, watering cans, boats, life vests, hi-vis vests, etc; and the rubbish/recycling is arranged to be disposed of on site.
Note: This is happening during a special event in place of our usual weekly hour long clean-up for Dún Laoghaire Tidy Towns. The person with the most rubbish collected will be the owner of a new geocoin!
I hope to see you there!
-Amina317, a volunteer with DL Tidy Towns.
CITO Across the World - One Day. Many Communities. A World of Difference.
A little over 2 years ago georeyna a geocacher in Houston, TX asked a sinmple question - What could happen if geocachers around Texas came together on one day to make their communities cleaner? Based on that simple question, Texas Geocaching Assocation (TXGA) created an event named CITO Across Texas in conjunction with World Cleanup Day.
Geocachers throughout Texas held cleanup events on the third Saturday in September. Each event is locally organised, but together they became part of something much bigger. CITO Across Texas was born!
The results have been tremendous. During 2024 and 2025:
- More than 50 CITO events were held across Texas.
- More than 700 volunteers participated.
- Thousands of pounds of trash were removed from parks, trails, waterways, neighborhoods, and other public spaces.
In 2026, we want to take the next step, and we are inviting the worldwide community of geocachers to help clean up our game board.
Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) is an environmental initiative supported by the geocaching community. Since 2002, CITO has enabled geocachers to beautify and restore natural and urban spaces. In that time, there have been more than 536,000 logged attendances at nearly 29,000 events where geocachers helped improve the outdoors.
Actions often speak louder than words. By participating in a CITO Event, whether by collecting trash, planting trees, or crafting new homes for pollinators, we make our world a better place. Each CITO we attend is a testament to care: care for others, our communities, and our planet.
CITO Events can be a safe, socially distant way to gather that adheres to your local laws and health guidance for outdoor activities. As with all outdoor activities, please follow the most current regulations from public health authorities.