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KNB Wins National Award
Keep Nebraska Beautiful was honored to receive a Diamond Level Award, the highest award for a State Affiliate, from Keep America Beautiful. The award was presented at the KAB National Conference in December in New Orleans.
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KAB Launches Nationwide K-12 School Recycling Competition
Best of luck to the 26 schools in Nebraska who are competing in the inaugural Recycle-Bowl, the first comprehensive nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high-school students. Recycle-Bowl was created to provide students with a fun, interactive way to learn about waste reduction and environmental responsibility through in-school recycling.
The incentive-based recycling competition and benchmarking program kicked off on October 17 and runs through Nov. 12, culminating just before America Recycles Day. Participating schools will track and report how much recyclable material they collect for a chance to win prizes. At the close of the four-week competition, the school in each state that collects the most recyclable material per student will win $1,000. A national champion will then be chosen from among the statewide winners.Information about the program, including rules and resources, is available at recycle-bowl.org. And you can keep up with the latest developments via the Recycle-Bowl Facebook page. Or read more about it on Earth911. |
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America Recycles Day
 Join the Movement to Make Recycling a Natural Thing to Do.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's America Recycles Day (ARD) Celebration. More than 70 KAB affiliates, recyclers, communities, schools and businesses throughout Nebraska held ARD events on or around Nov. 15.
America Recycles Day wouldn't have been possible without the support of the national sponsors and partners who provided lots of educational resources and supplies. The sponsors included: Disney's Friends for Change, LG Electronics USA, Nestle Waters North America, PepsiCo, Waste Management, Anheuser-Busch, American Chemistry Council, Earth911, Johnson & Johnson and Owens-Illinois.
| Golf for the Environment!
Congratulations to the four Division winners: John Harvey, Chief Industries, Alegent Health and Fullenkamp, Doyle & Jobeun -- and to the John Havey Team who placed first overall! It was a beautiful day for golfing for the environment! We offer a special thanks to Waste Management, our Title Sponsor for the tournament as well as our Event Sponsors: Alegent Health, Kiewit Companies Foundation, Koley Jessen PC, Nebraska Beverage Association, Papillion Sanitation and UMB Bank. We appreciate all the Hole and Team Sponsors and the numerous businesses for the donations that made the tournament a great success. |
2011 KNB Award Winners
The 2011 KNB Award winners were announced at the 2011 KNB Conference's concluding Awards Luncheon. We congratulate all the award winners and thank them for their substantial contributions in keeping Nebraska communities more beautiful. Download a list of the 2011 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Environmental Award Winners.
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| Green Starts Here -- with You!
The 2011 Great American Cleanup (GAC) concluded as of May 31. A huge thanks to more than 18,000 volunteers who donated more than 47,000 hours as they picked up nearly 1.7 million pounds of litter and debris, planted more than 2,000 trees, more than 14,000 flowers, helped with recycling events, removed graffiti, painted homes, planted community gardens and made their communities green and more beautiful! We look forward to your continued participation in 2012.
| Nebraska School Chemical Cleanout Campaign
A website has been developed for the Nebraska School Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3) Program which includes numerous education and training resources, a database schools can use to keep their chemical inventories, and more. The website can be found at www.NebraskaSC3.org.
Keep Nebraska Beautiful was the recipient of a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop the Nebraska School Chemical Cleanout Campaign. The goal has been to develop and implement a school chemical management and safety program for all Nebraska schools. One-hundred seventy-seven schools have been assisted in cleaning out old, outdated or unneeded chemicals. For more information about the program, please contact the Keep Nebraska Beautiful office at 402.486.4562.
| Nebraska Household Hazardous Waste Program
The Nebraska Household Hazardous Waste Program has permanent collection facilities available in Kearney, North Platte and Holdrege in addition to Omaha, McCook. The Holdrege facility includes a mobile unit that will serve the following cities/counties: City of Holdrege/Phelps County, City of Franklin/Franklin County, City of Minden/Kearney County and City of Alma/Harlan County.
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Schools Are Invited to Join Over 166 Other Schools in the Litter-Free School Zone Program
In an effort to keep school grounds clean and free of litter, Keep Nebraska Beautiful initiated the Litter-Free School Zone Program. For your school to participate, contact our office at 402.486.4562 or email schools@knb.org. |
