Come to our Australian Sustainable Cities Awards 2011 and you could win a Navman GPS

The Australian Sustainable Cities Awards 2011 are being held on November 21st hosted by last years winner The City of Stirling. Registrations close soon.

Go to www.kab.org.au/what-we-do/sustainable-cities/ to register. There will be a lucky door prize of a Navman MY85XLT GPS system thanks to Navman.

KAB Week 2011 report

Keep Australia Beautiful Week ran from Monday 22 – Sunday 28 August in 2011 and focused on the effects litter has on our oceans and waterways, and the direct impact it has on the health and safety of marine wildlife. The launch, featuring marine litter in the Pacific Ocean and at Lord Howe Island, was held at Taronga Zoo, Sydney with Government and Industry representatives and a presentation by our celebrity ambassador Lyndsey Rodrigues. Click to see her presentation.

The results of the annual Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index were also launched as part of KAB Week.
 

Hungry Jack’s is the Principal Sponsor of KAB Week.  As part of their activities in 2011, marine themed tray liners were featured in restaurants nationally throughout August, whilst poster artwork and a template media release to generate some local media coverage, were also provided as part of the local restaurant information kits.
 

Clemenger BBDO in Sydney provided probono creative support to the KAB Week campaign, developing an ambient PR stunt opportunity to highlight how litter ends up in waterways, and posters with the taglines “Dropped on Land, Kills at Sea’ and ‘Where does your rubbish go?’

The total audience reach/opportunity to view through media editorial coverage was approximately 16 million, compared to 8.04 million in 2010 and 6.68 million in 2009.

A PR stunt held in both the Sydney and Brisbane CBDs featured ocean and marine animal noises being emitted from selected stormwater drains to highlight how litter on our streets can end up in local waterways.

Tidy Towns National finalist NT and QLD announced, National Judge begins his tour

The Australian Tidy Towns judge, Dick Olesinski will soon begin his National judging tour of the state and territory Tidy Towns finalists.

KAB Northern Territory announced their finalist last week with Wugularr (Beswick) becoming the tidiest town of NT for 2011. KABQLD announced Caloundra as their Tidiest Town earlier in the month. KAB Victoria announce their finalist at their awards ceremony on 22nd Oct followed by KESAB in South Australia announcing on 26th October.

Volunteer Staff Day with The Wrigley Company

On 12th October, KAB organised a Volunteer Staff Day with associates of The Wrigley Company in conjunction with the Mars Volunteer Program 2011. The staff spent a full monitoring the Hawkesbury foreshore in Mooney Mooney and removing unwanted litter with volunteers from MacMasters Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and assisted in clearing weed infestation with NSW National Parks and Wildlife rangers. The rangers also showed the volunteers the amount revegetation work they have been doing in the area. Amoung the rubbish collected were clothing items, a Styrofoam surfboard, tarpaulins, ropes, beverage containers and even a bed and mattress!!. The staff thoroughly enjoyed the day and felt great knowing they were making a positive difference.

If you would like your company to participate in a Volunteer Staff Day, please contact us and check out our Volunteer Staff Days webpage.

New Green Ribbon Supporters

Catch It!

The Catch-it! System supports on-site silt retention methods by covering roadway drain pits and remaining in place even in extreme weather and being driven over.  $5 per unit donated to KAB.

SA Crate

The SA Crate Recyclable Wine Post Pack:

• replaces polystyrene which is bulky and unrecyclable
• is able to be distributed as a flat pack, which saves on energy and resources in distribution
• is made of cardboard and Low-density polyethylene (# 4 LDPE) which is widely accepted in council recycling bins.  5% donation to KAB.