Why we need to Reassess our Waste Streams & Habits – 6 Rs of WASTE : KAB Week 2023
by PAUL BOYD, Keep Australia Beautiful Copywriter (Volunteer)
How to inspire behavioural change in the next generation of Australian’s
by PAUL BOYD, Keep Australia Beautiful Copywriter (Volunteer)
MARCH 2023 – Posted on the Compass […]
KING ISLAND – Winner of 2022 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award
TIDY TOWNS 2022
Every year Keep Australia Beautiful hosts the Australian National Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award, where we celebrate all of the towns making instrumental changes to improve their local sustainability and reduce their enviornmental impact.
Last years worthy 2021 Sustainable Communities […]
Keep Australia Beautiful challenges you to Contain Your Waste for 1 week
KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL WEEK 15-21 AUG
Keep Australia Beautiful’s iconic annual event, Keep Australia Beautiful Week is back again, and this year will be held from 15th August to 21st August.
Keep Australia Beautiful Week is an important event that raises awareness about environmental […]
KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL ONCE AGAIN CALLS FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS TO ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’
Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB), the nation’s lead campaigner for a litter free and sustainable country, is relaunching its historic anti-littering campaign in an effort to motivate Australians to prevent litter and rubbish dumping.
Originally launched in 1979, the Do the Right Thing campaign […]
BEECHWORTH CROWNED AUSTRALIA’S MOST SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN 2020
Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the Victorian finalist Beechworth as the winner of the 2020 Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards, at an online event held on 14 October 2020.
Running nationally since 1990, the Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards […]
WHILE 99% OF AUSTRALIANS AGREE THAT TYRES ARE A WORLD-WIDE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM, 91% DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE
A survey conducted by Keep Australia Beautiful in August 2020 has found that although there was overall agreement that the disposal of end-of-life tyres is a worldwide environmental problem, a significant majority did not know what happens after they are left with […]
KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL ON A MISSION TO ‘PREVENT THE SPREAD’
Keep Australia Beautiful is proud to announce that its iconic Keep Australia Beautiful Week will be held this year from 17 to 23 August.
In its 48th year, the event raises awareness about the simple things all Australians can do in their daily […]
ECO SCHOOLS AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW OFFERINGS FOR SCHOOL-AGED ECO WARRIORS
Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB), the national operator for the hugely successful international environmental education framework and awards program – Eco-Schools – has announced new free curriculum linked resources as well as grants for the Litter Legends Campaigns (LLC) and the return of […]
LITTER ON THE INCREASE – KAB CALLS FOR PACKAGING INDUSTRY ACTION
The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI) (2018/2019) results have been analysed, showing surprise results in the twelfth year that the survey has been conducted across 983 national sites.
According to the latest data, Australia’s litter has increased by 1 per cent, with the […]
SANTA TERESA NAMED AUSTRALIA’S MOST SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the Northern Territory finalist Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) as the winner of the 2019 Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards, at an event hosted by last year’s winner Smithton, Tasmania on 5 April 2019.
Running nationally since […]
2017/18 NATIONAL LITTER INDEX RESULTS SHOW POSITIVE TRENDS AND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY
The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI) has now been released showing positive trends across the Nation, and identifying areas of opportunity.
The NLI is Australia’s only annual set of quantitative measures of what litter occurs where and in what volume. Litter […]
KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL AND MOUNT FRANKLIN PROUDLY ANNOUNCE A NEW PARTNERSHIP
Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) and Mount Franklin today announce a new partnership to educate, inspire and take action to enable better recycling opportunities for Australians.
Keep Australia Beautiful CEO Val Southam said, “KAB has been carrying out the independent audited research project […]
SMITHTON, TAS CROWNED TIDIEST OF THEM ALL
Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the Tasmanian finalist Smithton as the winner of the 2018 Australian Tidy Towns Awards, at an event hosted by last year’s winner Barmera, South Australia on 6 April 2018.
Running nationally since 1990, the Australian Tidy Towns […]
2017 NATIONAL LITTER INDEX RESULTS SHOW SURPRISES
The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI) (2016/2017) results have been analysed, showing surprises in the twelfth year that the survey has been conducted across 983 national sites
An overall 4.3% reduction of litter counted, highlights an improvement against the previous […]
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