CLEAN UP WEEK 202612 Mar 2026Book in the dates now. Get your team together and let’s Keep New Zealand BeautifulWhat happens to a cigarette butt after 10 years?12 Mar 2026We all know that abandoning a cigarette butt on the street or in the ground is an environmentally harmful act.… Read more: What happens to a cigarette butt after 10 years?WHEN YOUR TOWNS A MESS – WHO YOU GONNA CALL?10 Mar 2026CAPTAIN CLEAN UP (aka Craig) – he tackles littering heroically!Our volunteers go to amazing lengths to Keep New Zealand Beautiful.Call to waive rubbish fee28 Feb 2026Judy Browne wants to keep Cambridge beautiful and is asking Waipā District Council for help. Browne, 75, recently established Keep… Read more: Call to waive rubbish feeWELCOME KEEP CAMBRIDGE BEAUTIFUL1 Feb 2026Our family keeps on growing with the re-establishment of our Cambridge Group. If you are in the area and want… Read more: WELCOME KEEP CAMBRIDGE BEAUTIFULKeep Wellington Beautiful Relaunches with Strong Community Support19 Jan 2026Keep Wellington Beautiful has officially been reinvigorated, marking the return of a local branch after several years of inactivity. The… Read more: Keep Wellington Beautiful Relaunches with Strong Community SupportTV1 Good Sorts features KNZB21 Dec 2025Hadyn Jones from TV1 visited the team in Wellington for a piece on KNZB which screened on Good Sorts at… Read more: TV1 Good Sorts features KNZBA SIMPLE MESSAGE16 Nov 2025Use bins, not windows! Get rid of trash at gas stations or at home.Glutton Fiesta 27 Oct 2025On the windswept coast of Aotearoa, two brothers, Ty and Timoti, discover a strange, living creature buried in the mud.… Read more: Glutton Fiesta Majority of Kiwis support money-back scheme for recycling11 Oct 2025A zero waste advocate wants to rewind the clock to the bottle return schemes of the 70s and 80s, where… Read more: Majority of Kiwis support money-back scheme for recyclingCLEAN UP WEEK 2025 – Success Highlights Failure.3 Oct 2025With over 200 registrations from individuals, school and community groups, businesses (both big and small), councils and even a government… Read more: CLEAN UP WEEK 2025 – Success Highlights Failure.Carterton Cleans Up21 Sep 2025The Carterton District Council is determined to support Keep Carterton Beautiful and has purchased 4 x KNZB 10 piece kits… Read more: Carterton Cleans UpKeep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week launches for 202519 Sep 2025Kiwis from around the country will come together in two weeks’ time to ‘Do The Right Thing’ in their communities… Read more: Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week launches for 2025Keep New Zealand Beautiful and Street Smart Partner to Tackle Litter and Protect New Zealand’s Environment19 Sep 2025Street Smart, a community initiative focused on reducing street litter that enters stormwater systems and pollutes our oceans, has announced… Read more: Keep New Zealand Beautiful and Street Smart Partner to Tackle Litter and Protect New Zealand’s Environment‘It’s disgusting’: Helpful hands rolling up sleeves to remove rubbish19 Sep 2025Wairarapa waste warriors are on a personal mission to clean up a region littered with rubbish. Mākoura College teacher Chris… Read more: ‘It’s disgusting’: Helpful hands rolling up sleeves to remove rubbishYoung offroaders remove almost 400 tyres from riverbank12 Sep 2025A Hawke’s Bay offroading club sick of being blamed for rubbish on riverbanks has embarked on a different kind of… Read more: Young offroaders remove almost 400 tyres from riverbankWhat exactly is the point of cigarette filters?30 Aug 2025Cigarette butts are the single most littered item on the planet, with an estimated 4.5 trillion discarded each year. Cigarette… Read more: What exactly is the point of cigarette filters?Waimakariri River Clean Up27 Aug 2025It was a fresh start for volunteers on a recent Sunday morning when Environment Canterbury Regional Parks and the local… Read more: Waimakariri River Clean UpPLASTIC – THE NEW ASBESTOS?15 Aug 2025Recently, in the course of my work, I was required to attend a 4-hour training session on asbestos awareness. We… Read more: PLASTIC – THE NEW ASBESTOS?Beautiful News – July 20258 Aug 2025Check out our July edition of Beautiful News. 👉 Read the full newsletter hereTHANKS RESENE3 Aug 2025Once again Resene has come up with the goodies and supplied boxes of M&M’s to reward our many volunteers at… Read more: THANKS RESENECLEAN UP A NO-BRAINER FOR CARING STUDENTS17 Jul 2025Syringes, raw meat, clothing, and nappies were among 14 bags of rubbish collected in Karangahake Gorge by a group of… Read more: CLEAN UP A NO-BRAINER FOR CARING STUDENTSAuckland Council removed this landmark’s rubbish bin, locals say the trash is piling up10 Jun 2025FAST FACTS Local residents have noticed a significant increase in litter at Musick Point since its bin was removed. Auckland… Read more: Auckland Council removed this landmark’s rubbish bin, locals say the trash is piling upFly-tipping crackdown: Litter Act amendments might allow councils to fine people using names found on letters in roadside rubbish, councillor says9 Jun 2025Hastings District Council councillor Wendy Schollum says proposed amendments to the Litter Act would allow litter control officers to issue… Read more: Fly-tipping crackdown: Litter Act amendments might allow councils to fine people using names found on letters in roadside rubbish, councillor says
