Volunteers lined up with their filled trash bags beside Lanco Hills Lake, with the city behind

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  • 407bags
  • 24,420litres of garbage

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Lanco Hills Lake · Mar 2023

How it works

Two hours makes a difference.

Before: a lake inlet choked with plastic and debris After: the same inlet cleared, with open water behind

Yellamma Cheruvu, Dec 2024. Before and after one morning.

  1. Show upPick a cleanup and meet the captain at the spot.
  2. Pick upA couple of hours of clearing litter, together.
  3. Bring a friendShare the cleanup's page on WhatsApp.

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From our cleanups

Volunteers hauling full sacks down the Nerella Lake walkway
Nerella Lake Walkway May 2023
A big group of volunteers and cyclists with the litter they collected
RK Puram, Trimulgherry Mar 2024
A huge pile of filled sacks at Barla Kunta Lake
Barla Kunta Lake May 2024
A volunteer pulling waste cloth out of the lakebed
Kapra Lake Apr 2024
Four volunteers with rakes and sacks walking along the lake
Mushkin Cheruvu Mar 2024
Volunteers filling green sacks on the hillside
Moula Ali Hills Mar 2024
Volunteers picking up trash under the trees at Nerella Lake
Nerella Lake Mar 2026
A volunteer reaching into the lake with a litter picker
Manikonda Lake Oct 2026
Volunteers with full bags on the rocks, skyline behind
Khajaguda Hills Dec 2024
Bags of collected trash lined up by the lake
Kondapur Lake Apr 2023
A volunteer bagging litter
Kapra Lake Apr 2024
Volunteers with collected bags by the lake
Mushkin Cheruvu Dec 2023

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