FAQ

The main event on 13 September 2026 is the large-scale Eneco Clean Beach Cup as you know it from previous years. While this event used to take place in March, it moves to September in 2026.

Across 17 participating locations along the Belgian and Dutch coast, surf and beach clubs once again join forces for a large beach clean-up. Volunteers, partners and beach lovers come together to collect waste on a massive scale and send a strong message in support of clean beaches.

The same energy, the same sense of togetherness, but this time in a late-summer setting!

You can participate in the Eneco Clean Beach Cup on 13 September 2026 at 17 different locations!

At the main location - Surfclub Windekind in Oostduinkerke (Koksijde) - in addition to the clean-up action, numerous activities for young and old are planned, always with a wink to the sea ;)

In addition, you can pick up your clean-up package at 16 other locations along the Belgian and Dutch coast. An overview of all locations can be found on this page.

After cleaning up, you can have your collected waste weighed and disposed of at any location.

Registrations for the Eneco Clean Beach Cup on Sunday, September 13 are officially open!

As always, you’re free to choose which participating surf club you’d like to join. Sign up today and we’ll make sure your cleanup kit is ready and waiting at the surf club of your choice.

Let’s clean that beach!

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Cleanup kits are provided at all participating locations. We will make a distribution of materials based on the registrations per location, so be sure to sign up.

Such a cleanup kit includes a grabber, gloves and a bucket or waste bag. If you have your own cleanup material, you may of course use that too, as cleanup kits are only available while stocks last. We ask that you return the grabbers and buckets after cleaning up. That way we can reuse them at subsequent Eneco Clean Beach Cup events. Can you use the jacket? If so, please keep it, this will emphasise your commitment once again.

We would love to say ‘YES!’ wholeheartedly, but unfortunately we are not allowed to. At each location, the rules of the respective municipality apply. 

Both in Belgium and the Netherlands, specific rules apply on each beach. So it is best to check in advance whether your friend - on a leash or not - is allowed.

Info Belgium | Info The Netherlands

First of all, it is important to know what you should and should not clean up. Plastic and packaging obviously do not belong on the beach and therefore you clean up as much as possible. We are finding more and more used face masks and other personal protective equipment on the beach. Make sure not to pick these up without a grabber or gloves and, if possible, use a separate bag or bucket to collect these items. This way, they can be processed correctly. Be sure to always use your grabber or gloves when cleaning up, so you will always be safe.

For many years, Eneco Clean Beach Cup has had a wonderful partner for processing the collected waste: Renewi. They ensure that the waste is recycled to the maximum extent and that as much material as possible is given a second life.

After the big beach clean, Renewi transports all waste containers to their site. There, an initial sorting is carried out immediately. The waste flows are then further processed into secondary raw materials for new products or used for other useful applications. This way, the materials from the collected waste remain in the cycle. This reduces the need for new raw materials, a crucial step towards a circular economy.

We use plastic bags for practical reasons, but these bags are always made from recycled material. Renewi recycles the used plastic bags and makes new ones.

Still, to reduce the number of used plastic bags, we urge you to fill the bags properly before dropping them in a bin. So while cleaning up, try to pour half-full bags into one full bag.

Eneco Clean Beach Cup buckets are also available at various locations. By the way, these typical red buckets are also made of recycled plastic!