Keep Australia Beautiful Council NT in Darwin, Northern Territory | Community organisation

Keep Australia Beautiful Council NT

Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

Phone: +61 8 8981 5535

Address: Level 2 NAB House 71 Smith Street 0801 Darwin, NT, Australia

Website: http://www.kabcnt.org.au

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25.01.2022 We’ve gone full digital for the 2020 Territory Tidy Town Sustainable Community awards. The awards will be announced on 27th November 2020, via video on this page. So stay tuned! The Awards program recognises and acknowledges the commitment, collaboration and hard work undertaken by remote and regional community, key stakeholders, schools, individuals, stores, Rangers, Aboriginal Corporations, businesses and Councils. We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has entered we received some truly fantastic, inspirational and creative entries. By entering the awards you said ‘yes’ to a more sustainable community and a better world.

25.01.2022 Katherine South Primary School is the first school within the Katherine Region to achieve the Bronze Level Accreditation under the global Eco-School Sustainable School program. Find out about our Eco-Schools program here: https://kabcnt.org.au/katherine-south-primary-school-first/

25.01.2022 Shout out to MasterBait! A huge thanks to the each and every one of the team, for their effort picking up rubbish and cleaning up Gunn Point beach and camping areas last weekend. It's inspiring to see a small business take the lead and do their bit to benefit our local marine and coastal environment. Great work "Gunn Point Guardians", every little bit helps!

24.01.2022 During the school holidays rubbish tends to pile up, as many Territorians set out to enjoy the outdoors. Takeaway containers and beverage packages are the primary litter source found in most recreational areas. So if you see any rubbish that’s been left behind, help us Keep Australia Beautiful and #dotherightthing by disposing of it correctly! https://kabcnt.org.au/do-the-right-thing-these-holidays/... #dotherightthing #keepaustraliabeautiful #dotherightthingoz #sustainability #fightwaste #environment #ecofriendly #litterfighter #green

24.01.2022 Here's a short film produced by Northern Land Council on Coronavirus/COVID-19. It explains what the disease is, how to know if you have it and what you can do to avoid getting it. https://www.youtube.com/watch

24.01.2022 What a terrific achievement from the community at Santa Teresa. Using car bonnets to spread important safety messaging about COVID-19 throughout the community. Find out more: http://kabcnt.org.au/santa-teresa-painted-car-bonnets/

23.01.2022 We at KABC(NT) would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the valued support obtained from the NT Government Community Benefit Fund (CBF) successful Small Grant application to purchase a new "much needed" printer. Read more here - http://kabcnt.org.au/thank-you-community-benefit-fund/

23.01.2022 If you're looking for resources on how to explain the COVID-19 pandemic to kids, look no further. This 'Keep Healthy Booklet' has been put together by Footkin and puts information together in a fun and informative way for children to learn how to protect themselves and those around them. Check it out on our website now. https://kabcnt.org.au/keep-healthy-activity-book/

21.01.2022 World Earth Day is coming up on 22 April 2021. And your Earth needs you! We’ve outlined 4 small, easy and effective ways to take action. Help us build a greener and more sustainable Australia for our families, wildlife and future generations. And of courseto Help us Keep Australia Beautiful! https://kabcnt.org.au/world-earth-day-2021-4-simple-acts-o/

21.01.2022 Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Sanitiser Saturday Hand sanitiser is another must-have item of 2020. Pocket size versions are great when you’re on-the-go but don’t last very long. So, why not buy in bulk and refill your travel-sized sanitiser? It’s cost effective and reduces plastic waste from ending up in landfill or potentially littering out beautiful country.... When it comes time to dispose of the bulk sanitiser bottle, it can be recycled in your plastic recycling bin. Check out more tips at: https://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

19.01.2022 Proudly Introducing "Eco-Bears" 2021 NT Eco-School is offering School Assembly ‘Eco-Bears’ and ‘Eco-Trophies’ available for our interested registered NT Eco-Schools. These are perpetual trophies of recognition for preschool and primary school students, for positive environmental efforts within their Eco-School. Read more: https://kabcnt.org.au/2021-eco-bears/

18.01.2022 How much do you know about our oceans their species, resources and threats? #EarthDay Test your knowledge with this easy quiz: https://kabcnt.org.au/world-earth-day-2021-4-simple-acts-o/

17.01.2022 Clean Hands - Clean Community Fill in the boxes on the poster with your local language and lets help slow the spread of COVID-19 throughout our community. http://kabcnt.org.au/covid-19-clean-hands-clean-community/

17.01.2022 With Easter and school holidays approaching, it’s important for all of us living and travelling locally to do the right thing by correctly disposing of our waste while enjoying the beautiful Australian outdoors. https://kabcnt.org.au/do-the-right-thing-this-easter/

16.01.2022 Thanks to everyone at MacDonnell Regional Council (Alice Springs) for hosting the MRC 2020 Sustainable Community Tidy Towns Awards event and dinner.

16.01.2022 Interested in becoming an Australian Youth Leader for Climate Change? We're looking for 5 young Australian climate leaders - are you interested in making a difference? Read more here: http://kabcnt.org.au/interested-in-being-an-australian-you/

16.01.2022 2021 Litter Legends Campaign: We're proud to be running the Litter Legends Campaign for the 6th year in a row! A limited number of eligible Aussie Eco-Schools will receive seed grants of $500 to implement a project to reduce litter and/or improve recycling in their school and community. Find out more here: https://kabcnt.org.au/2021-litter-legends-campaign/

15.01.2022 Here's what we get up to most of the year. If you'd like us to visit your community just let us know. http://kabcnt.org.au/kabc-nt-2020-video/

15.01.2022 Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Single-Use Cup Sunday Are you waking up to a café coffee this Sunday morning? More than a billion cups are sent to Australian landfill every year. With many cafes no longer accepting reusable coffee cups due to the risk of COVID, single-use cups are on the rise.... Good news is you can recycle takeaway coffee cups at 7-Eleven, via Simply Cups. Any brand of coffee cups is accepted, and both cups and lid are upcycled into new products. Simply Cups has diverted more than 12 million cups from landfill in just a few years, and is supported by many of Australia’s largest coffee sellers, including 7-Eleven, Muffin Break and The Coffee Club. Find local 7-Eleven https://www.7eleven.com.au/get-to-know-us/cup-rescue.html View more tips by checking out the link below: https://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

14.01.2022 We'd like to invite you to our free 2020 Senior’s Beautiful Gardens Info Session on Monday 17th August, with gardening tips and home security information. Attendees must register due to limited seating. Hope to see you there! For more information or to register: Email: [email protected] or Phone: 0407 186 461

13.01.2022 ATTENTION ALICE SPRINGS AND REGION SCHOOLS: We proudly invite all interested parties to our NT Eco-Schools Presentation and Teachers Information Workshop Session, in Alice Springs on Monday 22nd March. Registration is FREE! Information will be posted in the below event. We look forward to seeing you there!

13.01.2022 Our 'Keep Australia Beautiful Week' is coming soon! This year our theme is Litter: Prevent the Spread. Throughout KAB Week we'll be sharing daily recycling and waste tips for some of the common items we're using more frequently to prevent spreading COVID-19. We'll share tips and videos on correct disposal of items such as gloves and masks, to reduce the spread and keep our environment safe. Stay tuned! - https://mailchi.mp/kabcnt/july_2020-4957378

12.01.2022 This week we delivered an Eco-Schools Workshop and Litter Education Presentation at Nyangatjatjara College, at their Imanpa and Yulara Campuses. Learn more about Eco-Schools here: https://kabcnt.org.au//keep-australia-beautiful-council-n/

12.01.2022 Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Thumbs up Thursday Disposable gloves are another item with skyrocketing sales throughout the COVID pandemic. While they’re necessary in helping keep our community safe, latex gloves can cause a world of harm to our environment if they end up as litter. Similar to balloons, gloves that end up in the environment can be eaten by wildlife like birds and turtles. Contaminated gloves as litter also represent a health risk to people that have to pick ...them up. So please remember, dispose of gloves in the general waste bin not the recycling. For more tips on how to safely dispose of your used gloves, check out: https://theglovecompany.com.au//how-to-correctly-dispose-o http://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

11.01.2022 Did you know it’s FREE to become an NT Eco School? That’s right! There is absolutely no cost for a school in the Northern Territory to take part in the Eco- School program!

11.01.2022 It is with great pleasure we announce that the Nhulunbuy community was awarded with 2 national awards from the recent Keep Australia Beautiful, Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards 2020. Check out this short video used as the Nhulunbuy official submission into the National Awards. http://kabcnt.org.au/nhulunbuy-corporation-tidy-towns-offi/

10.01.2022 We've had a busy week travelling around the Territory! Here are some snaps from our recent trip to Wallace Rockhole.

10.01.2022 Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Fast Food Friday Feeling like a Friday night takeaway treat? Takeaway food sales have seen a big spike during the pandemic as restaurants provide an alternative to dine-in options. So, it’s a good time to remember how to dispose of takeaway packaging responsibly. - Plastic containers reuse them as many times as you can, then throw them in the plastic recycling bin. Make sure they’re clean first! ... - Cardboard pizza boxes can be recycled but only if they’re clean. If they are, tear off the top and just recycle it. - Soft plastics plastic wrapping from takeaway can be taken back to your local supermarket for recycling. - Styrofoam avoid this as best you can as it cannot be recycled so must go in the general waste bin. - Cutlery (Plastic or Compostable) please do not litter and place in appropriate bins, use compostable cutlery or better yet, use cutlery from home https://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

09.01.2022 Register your Video Entry for the Sustainable Community Territory Tidy Towns Awards! With respect to the current situation facing our regional and remote communities, we've made the decision to move to an online entry. We’re asking entrants to submit a video of their community and why they think they should win. Read More: ... https://kabcnt.org.au/register-for-the-sustainable-communi/ See more

09.01.2022 Welcome Lucas, who recently joined the team as an Australia Oceania Youth Delegate to the global mock COP26 event an international youth-led climate change conference. Want to know how Lucas plans to make a difference? Read more here: http://kabcnt.org.au/meet-lucas/

08.01.2022 Cigarette butts are the most common littered item across Australia (and also on Earth), so do the right thing and bin your butts! Cigarette butts are small and often go unnoticed, but this tiny piece of waste has lasting effects on our environment. They’re mainly made of cellulose acetate - a man made plastic that can take up to 10 years to break down! Plus, the plastic contains tons of toxic chemicals that leak into the environment and threaten our wildlife. Also, carelessly tossing butts into nature poses a major bushfire risk. And, they’re a potential spreader of germs too - something we all want to avoid in a pandemic! Read more: https://kabcnt.org.au/do-the-right-thing-these-holidays/

08.01.2022 KAB Week 2020: Tissue Tuesday A common misconception is that tissues can be flushed down the toilet. But unlike toilet paper, tissues don’t breakdown in water so can create blockages in plumbing. People would be very surprised to know that facial tissues, although they are made from fine materials, do not break down and should not be flushed, says Sydney Water spokesperson Jackson Vernon. ... Unfortunately, tissues can’t be recycled either. Dirty ones should be placed in the general waste bin. And of course, always wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. Read more: https://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

08.01.2022 Check out this catchy video from 2016, proudly brought to you by KABCNT. It’s a few years old but it’s still relevant! Let’s Keep Australia Beautiful Please Don’t Litter. http://kabcnt.org.au/do-the-right-thing-kabcnt-tv-ad/

04.01.2022 Wet Wipes Wednesday: Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2020 Anti-bacterial wipes are hygiene items we’re using more of to prevent the spread of COVID. But, they’re another item we need to dispose of thoughtfully to avoid harm to our health and our environment. Wet wipes must be thrown in the general waste bin. Just like tissues, they can’t be recycled and definitely not flushed down the toilet.... Read More: http://kabcnt.org.au/keep-australia-beautiful-week-2020-2/

03.01.2022 It's Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2020! Our theme today is "Mask Monday". Did you know single-use mask sales are up 20,000% this year? Yes, you read that correctly! They are essential in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, but it is important to dispose of them correctly, to keep our workers and environment safe. Read More: https://kabcnt.org.au/mask-monday-keep-australia-beautiful/

01.01.2022 Congratuations to Nhulunbuy! They took out not one, but TWO awards in the National Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards 2020, held on the 14th Oct 2020. Amazing work! Find the full media release and awards here: http://kabcnt.org.au/sustainable-communities-tidy-towns-na/

01.01.2022 Check out this great video of these Nhulunbuy youth promoting their amazing community! The proud East Arnhem Land township won the 2019 Northern Territory Sustainable Communities Tidiest Town accolade in Alice Springs, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down! http://kabcnt.org.au/my-sweet-home-nhulunbuy/

01.01.2022 PARAP PRIMARY SCHOOL ECO WARRIORS Listen to what Parap Primary School teacher Chelsea Collins has to say about the NT Eco-Schools program and why Parap Primary are Eco Warriors. Click here: https://kabcnt.org.au/why-is-parap-primary-an-eco-school/

01.01.2022 And recapping our Sustainable Communities Winners from 2019, find out what makes Wallace Rockhole so successful: http://kabcnt.org.au/wallace-rockhole-best-small-community/