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2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Conference
Keep Nebraska Beautiful invites all persons interested in the environmental efforts in their community to attend the 2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Conference June 27-28 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center in Kearney. Keep America Beautiful President and CEO, Matt McKenna, and Keep America Beautiful Vice President of Recycling Initiatives, Brenda Pulley, will be featured speakers. Download the 2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Conference Brochure here.
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2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Awards
Keep Nebraska Beautiful invites schools, youth groups, civic/nonprofit groups, communities and businesses to enter the 2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Environmental Awards. The awards will be presented at a luncheon on Thursday, June 28 at the Holiday Hotel & Convention Center in Kearney. The award categories include: Deanie Anderson Community Environmental Award; Non-Profit/Civic Award; Grow Big Red Award; Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Award; Youth Group/School Award; Business/Industry Award; Great American Cleanup Award; and a School Recycling Award. Click here for more information on the awards.
The KNB awards are based on all environmental projects completed between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. The 2012 KNB Awards applications will be due by June 1, 2012. Download the 2012 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Environmental Awards application here.
| Great American Cleanup
Volunteers all across Nebraska are greening their communities as a part of the 2012 Great American Cleanup (GAC). They are picking up litter, holding recycling events, planting trees and flowers in an effort to make their cities even more beautiful. Invitations were sent to every community in the state inviting them to participate. If your community did not get registered, please feel free to contact the Keep Nebraska Beautiful office. The emphasis for GAC litter cleanups, recycling events, and beautification efforts is March 1 - May 31, although you can hold events at other times during the year as well. We look forward to working with you to make your communities even more beautiful this spring. We look forward to receiving wrap-up reports from the communities providing information on the number of their volunteers, how much litter and debris they picked up, how many trees and flowers they planted, etc. Thank you to all who have already held numerous events as well as to all who will be engaging volunteers in the next several weeks. We appreciate your efforts to Keep Nebraska Beautiful!
| 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.
| America Recycles Day
 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.
| KAB Launches Nationwide K-12 School Recycling Competition
Thank you to the 26 schools in Nebraska who competed in the inaugural Recycle-Bowl, the first comprehensive nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high-school students. Congratulations to three of the Nebraska schools for placing in the national competition. Bryan Community School in Lincoln is the Nebraska winner and will receive $1,000. St. Agnes Academy in Alliance placed first nationally in the Community Drop-Off Division and will also receive $1,000. St. Isidore School in Columbus placed third nationally in the Community Drop-Off Division. Great work students and staff!
| 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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| 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. |
