This is actually one of my favorite formulations of the second law of thermodynamics.

Conversely, however, it IS possible for everything to become dirty without anything being cleaned.

Catalytic converters “clean” exhaust but don’t get dirty per se.

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I hate to be that guy (I don't), but if you removed the dirt into the vacuum of space then nothing new became dirty, as a vacuum is literally nothing