Stories that inspire action
Stop buying beach toys – Use beach toy libraries instead
WRITTEN BY: Dani Smith (Volunteer) BEACH TOY LIBRARIES Stop buying beach toys – Use beach toy libraries instead Making sandcastles at the beach was a very memorable part of my childhood. Now with kids of my own, I found myself buying beach [...]
Shaping A Cleaner Australia: PART 4 – Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Modern Advocacy in Action
Part 4 - Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Modern Advocacy in Action Keep Australia Beautiful Week (KAB Week) was originally launched in 1972, announced by then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who asked all Australians to get behind the nation’s first anti-litter [...]
Shaping A Cleaner Australia: PART 3 – Do the Right Thing: The cultural turning point
Part 3 - “Do the Right Thing”: The cultural turning point Do the Right Thing Campaign By the early 1990s, Australia experienced a shift in how it understood litter, waste and environmental responsibility. At the centre of this change was [...]
Shaping A Cleaner Australia: PART 2 – Tidy Towns: From Clean Streets to Sustainable Communities
Tidy Towns Tidy Towns: From Clean Streets to Sustainable Communities If the story of Keep Australia Beautiful began with civic pride, the story of Tidy Towns is about community empowerment, everyday people coming together to protect, enhance, and reimagine the [...]
Shaping A Cleaner Australia: PART 1 – Our Foundation: From a litter problem to a national movement
Our Foundation The early days When Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) was founded in 1966 during the post-war boom, waste was widely viewed as an accepted by-product of modern life. Fast food culture was taking off, disposable packaging was becoming the [...]
Shaping a cleaner Australia: Grassroots to national impact
Shaping a Cleaner Australia: A Five Part Series Why community action still matters For nearly 60 years, Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) has been part of Australia’s environmental DNA, helping shape how Australians think, talk and act when it comes to [...]
Kids. Small – but MIGHTY – in the fight against litter!
by Madeleine Coyle, KAB Copywriter (Volunteer) Empowering kids to take Environmental Action Australia, we have a big litter problem–and we need everyone’s help to solve it! And that especially includes kids and young people. So read on please grownups, [...]
How local Councils can get Involved in Sustainability Initiatives like KAB Week
by Madeleine Coyle, KAB Copywriter (Volunteer) Every year, thousands of tonnes of litter pollute Australian streets, waterways, and natural areas, costing Councils millions in clean-up costs and harming wildlife and ecosystems. Local Councils are uniquely positioned to drive real change–not [...]
How to Get My Workplace Engaged in Sustainability Initiatives like KAB Week
by Madeleine Coyle, KAB Copywriter (Volunteer) So, you want to get your workplace involved in keeping Australia beautiful? That’s amazing! But… where and how to start? "It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create [...]
Take your ‘Litter-Warrior’ status to the next level
Level-up your 'Litter-Warrior' status by picking up other peoples' rubbish (Blog#5 KAB Week 2024: Take your 'Litter-Warrior' status to the next level by cleaning up rubbish while you’re out and about) In 2024, most of [...]
How to make sure your rubbish always ends up in right place while out and about
Do the right thing – How to make sure your rubbish always ends up in right place while out and about (Blog#4 KAB Week 2024: Choose the right bin to put it in) When you’re [...]
Organic litter harms native wildlife
Understanding the impact of your organic litter (Blog#3 KAB Week 2024: Leave Only Footprints!) When you think of litter, what comes to mind? Perhaps plastic bottles, fast food packaging and snack wrappers? What about organic [...]
How to make sustainable purchasing decisions when you don’t have reusables
Tips to make sustainable purchases (Blog#2 KAB Week 2024: Leave Only Footprints!) We’ve all been there – you head out for the day and realize you have forgotten your reusable items at home. While [...]
Plan ahead for sustainability
Tips for eco-friendly outings (Blog#1 KAB Week 2024: Leave Only Footprints!) Before you head out for the day is one of the most important times to have sustainability in mind. When you arrive at [...]
5 Basic Tips to Sustainable Seafood over the Festive Season
5 Tips to Sustainable Seafood: by Diana Baric, Keep Australia Beautiful Copywriter - Volunteer As we enter December and approach the festive season, it is an important time to think about the delicate ecosystems [...]
Your guide to 12 Days of a Sustainable Christmas
We all know how much waste is generated over xmas - but do you want to make more sustainable choices this year during the festive season? Read on for your guide to 12 Days of a Sustainable Christmas! [...]
Beeswax Wraps-The Eco-Friendly Alternative to Single-Use Plastics
Beeswax Wraps: The Eco-Friendly Alternative to Single-Use Plastics by Holly Webster, (Keep Australia Beautiful Creative Volunteer)Say goodbye to wasteful plastic wrap and say hello to the ultimate eco-warrior: beeswax wrap! These wraps are crafted from [...]
Kidz KAB – The Double Helix Sustainability Squad
What does it take to be a leader in sustainability? The Double Helix Sustainability Squad have stories to share, and they’re here to show you that anyone can be an environmental champion. Keeping beaches clean (Millie) [...]
How to go about the Contain Your Waste Challenge
Laura Carrazza August 2022 I have recently begun my journey towards creating a more sustainable household for me and my family. I am in no way a perfect Waste Warrior, in fact, I have a long way to go to [...]
Australians Falling Short on Recycling Targets
Australians Falling Short on Recycling Targets In Australia, we’re lucky to call one of the most beautiful environments in the world, home. But unfortunately, we have very poor waste and recycling habits, which jeopardises our wildlife, natural environment and the lives [...]
THE FIGHT AGAINST MARINE LITTER IN AUSTRALIA
The Fight Against Marine Litter Here in Australia, we’re incredibly lucky to be blessed with beautiful beaches and marine life unlike anywhere else in the world. According to State of the Environment, Australia’s marine environment is the world’s third largest jurisdiction, [...]
LITTERING IS NOT A RECREATION NOR A SPORT
Australians love their great outdoors, being spoilt with pristine coastlines, rugged mountains, rainforests, bushland and the renowned Outback. These great landscapes inspire and fill us with a sense of wonder and awe as we make our vacation pilgrimages to some of the [...]
FIVE EASY STEPS TO REDUCE WASTE IN YOUR GROCERY SHOP
Learn how you can simply cut back the waste from your weekly grocery shop with some litter prevention tips from Keep Australia Beautiful. Advocates of the #ZeroWaste and #ZeroPlastic movement maintain that you can entirely eliminate all waste from your daily life. [...]
RECYCLING REMINDER WHILE IN SELF-ISOLATION
Keep Australia Beautiful shares some quick tips on how to recycle at home while we adapt to the changes to our daily habits. We’re all adapting to a new way of life that’s been brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic. It’s forced [...]
WHAT’S THE TRUTH ABOUT WASTE DISPOSAL UNITS?
by Jackie Edwards China’s recent decision to stop accepting and disposing of foreign waste has hit Australia hard, and the government is set to invest millions into education and infrastructure to improve waste disposal practices. Living in a country in the grips [...]
