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Deniliquin is looking much cleaner after several teams took to the streets for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday.

Starting at 9am, Daryl and Lynette Whateley’s team, which included Lions members, took the north side of Deniliquin along Davidson St.

The team (pictured) filled more than 30 bags of rubbish.

Deniliquin’s Andrew Harper went a step further and canoed the Edward River, insisting Deniliquin’s asset remain as rubbish free as possible.

‘‘Myself and a team of six others spent nearly five hours removing about 2000 items from the river, from Twin Rivers to McLean Beach,’’ Mr Harper said.

Hundreds of plastic bottles, glass bottles, cans and plastic bags were among the collection Mr Harper’s team removed from the area.

But it wasn’t just typical rubbish that was found, there were also many other items including a wheelie bin, fold-up clothes line, shopping trolley, plastic chair, corrugated iron and wire, shoes/thongs, marine flotation items, wooden packing crates and car tyres.

‘‘Once again, the heaviest traffic area for rubbish was immediately downstream of the bridge, specifically near the pump station,’’ Mr Harper said.

Other teams helping to declutter the town included Deniliquin South Public School students, who tidied their school grounds on Friday, and McDonald’s Deniliquin staff.

Deniliquin High School will do its bit for the clean-up on Wednesday at Camp Four Post.