Garage Sale Trail on Sunday 10 April 2011

"Keep Australia Beautiful is encouraging you to be part of the Garage Sale Trail and donate some proceeds to them. It’s a great idea and I encourage you to get involved."
Tony Burke MP, Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

Imagine a day of shopping at garage sales, guided by a map and a sense of wellbeing that comes from knowing you're doing something good for the environment. The Garage Sale Trail is community-driven, it reduces waste to landfill and it takes a fun and innovative approach to sustainability. It was an entry into the KABNSW Sustainable Cities Awards 2010 and we thought it was a great concept to support.

Keep Australia Beautiful is now the official charity partner of the first national ‘Garage Sale Trail’ on Sunday 10 April 2011 with each participating garage sale being encouraged to donate 10% of proceeds.

Donate part of your sale to KAB. Click here to donate and to find out more about how your support will
help Keep Australia Beautiful.

Register & be part of the Garage Sale Trail.Click here to visit the Garage Sale Trail website for details of how to register and run your sale.

Australian Tidy Towns Awards on Saturday 16 April 2011

Last year’s winner, Beechworth VIC, is getting ready for an influx of Tidy Towners to attend the national awards on Saturday 16 April.

The event includes:
-a walking tour of the town to see why they won last year
-interactive workshop led by the Australian Tidy Towns Judge Dick Olesinski
-presentation of category winners and overall winners

Guests are encouraged to stay on and enjoy dinner at one of the excellent local establishments.

Finalists include:
NSW: Lithgow, pop 11, 298, 150km NW of Sydney
VIC: Rutherglen, pop 2,500, 276km NE of Melbourne
QLD: Stanthorpe, pop 4,271, 218km SW of Brisbane
WA: Westonia, pop less than 100, 314km East of Perth
SA: Waikerie, pop 1,744, 173km NW Adelaide
TAS: New Norfolk, pop 10,100, 32km NW of Hobart
NT: Barunga, pop 350, 398km SE of Darwin

May the best town win!

The Australian Tidy Towns Awards are sponsored by ‘Do the Right Thing’ and Replas.

Click here for full details and how to book.

Australian Clean Beaches Awards on Friday 6 May 2011

Last year’s winner, South Port Noarlunga SA, is getting ready for an influx of coastal conservationists to attend the national awards on Friday 6 May.

The event includes:
-a coach tour of the area
-a visit to South Port Noarlunga to see why they won last year
-interactive workshop led by the Australian Clean Beaches Judge David Moy
-presentation of category winners and overall winners

Finalists include:
NSW: Pearl Beach, 40km North of Sydney
VIC: Bells Beach, 100km SW of Melbourne
QLD: Tallebudgera Beach, 91km South of Brisbane
WA: Rockingham Beach, 50km South of Perth
SA: Port Vincent, 194km from Adelaide
TAS: Sisters Beach, 339km NW of Hobart

May the best beach win!

The Australian Clean Beaches Awards are sponsored by:
-‘Do the Right Thing’
-The KAB Green Ribbon Program
-Steve Parish Beach Calendar
-City of Onkaparinga

Click here for full details and how to book.

Apply Now for Beverage Container Recycling Grants 2011

In 2010 Keep Australia Beautiful, with funding from the Coca-Cola Foundation, was able to assist 26 communities across Australia with local away from home recycling projects for beverage containers.

Results are still being collated but by March 2011 a total of $130,016.03 in grants have been expended which resulted in 215,440.08 kilos of recycled material at an average cost of 60c per kilogram.

Details of how to apply for a 2011 grant can be found at:

www.kab.org.au/what-we-do/beverage-container-recycling-grants/

Entries Close 31 May 2011

‘Trash My Ad’ commences in May

Keep Australia Beautiful is famous for its television community service announcements that have been running since the 1960’s. A selection can be viewed at

www.kab.org.au/history/past-tv-community-service-announcements/

For the past two years KAB WA has been running a competition for students which encourages them to make their version of a litter reduction community service announcement. Past winners can be seen at:

www.trashmyad.com.au

In 2011 the program will launch in May and be open to entries from across Australia. This national program has been made possible through the support of
-Government of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation
And
-‘Do the Right Thing’