We are proud to announce that the MacDonnell Regional township of Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) has won the 2018 Northern Territory Tidiest Town accolade on the weekend in Darwin! Heimo Schober (Keep Australia Beautiful Council NT CEO) said Santa Teresa’s (Ltyentye Apurte) key stakeholder’s dedication and collaborative work to keeping their community tidy and
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Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2018
August 17, 2018CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE “KEEP OUR WATERWAYS BEAUTIFUL” COMPETITION Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2018 will take place from Monday, 20 August to Sunday, 26 August, and will focus on marine litter. Keep Australia Beautiful Week is held late August each year, to raise awareness about the simple things we can all do in
Learn More →Senior’s Beautiful Gardens Competition Winners
August 9, 2018POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 Due to COVID-19 we’re unable to run the competition in 2020. But keep your gardens ready and make a plan for 2021. Nothing like another 12 months to get your garden in tip-top shape! 2020 – Postponed 2019 Senior’s Beautiful Garden Competition Celebrating Senior’s dirty hobbies as NT Senior’s Month starts
Learn More →Nightcliff Primary School wins “Be Crocwise” School Award
November 14, 2017Nightcliff Primary School students were proud to be the deserving recipients to receive the very special 2017 ‘BE CROCWISE’ School Award, which was held in partnership with Parks and Wildlife Commission NT and Keep Australia Beautiful Eco-schools this year. Throughout the 2017 school year, Nightcliff Primary School students have completed curriculum linked
Learn More →Manunda Eco School update
August 27, 2017Great write up in the paper about Manunda Primary School in the NT that is an Eco School. They have a range of initiatives including recycling toner cartridges, auditing power usage and wastage and building a chicken coop out of recycled materials. Great work, keep it up! To find out how your school can be
Learn More →Areyona National Judging Trip
April 20, 2017The National Judging of the Tidy Towns took place in March 2017. The judges travelled to Areyonga, the NT National winner, to view the town. Special mention to the Areyonga Community Champion (Strong Woman) Daphine Puntjina for her recognised efforts and commitment to the beautiful community and Northern Territory town of Areyonga. (See photo below,
Learn More →From little things big things grow
March 29, 2017Parap Primary School is calling on the Top End community to get on board to help make Darwin a more environmentally friendly place to live! The school’s ‘Eco Committee’, made up of students, parents and teachers, has been busy making reusable shopping bags (based on the Boomerang Bags initiative) to distribute at markets and local
Learn More →Reggae Dave Jingle
February 24, 2017Take a listen to this catchy jingle from NT music legend “Reggae Dave”
Learn More →Keep Australia Beautiful NT – Graffiti Free
January 14, 2017Graffiti Free Week takes place in March every year. Keep Australia Beautiful encourages home owners and businesses to help wipe out graffiti by cleaning off the visual litter as soon as it appears. Graffiti vandals or ‘taggers’ enjoy seeing their handiwork on display and that immediate removal helps to prevent copycat offences and vandals from
Learn More →Northern Territory Plastic Bags Ban (5 Year Litter Performance Review)
January 12, 2017The Northern Territory Environment Protection (Beverage Container & Plastic Bags) Act was passed by the legislative Assembly in February 2011 with the ban to supply single-use lightweight plastic bags coming into effect in September 2011. The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index survey results for Northern Territory have indicated a negative result in plastic bag
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