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Kimberley stores say NO to plastic bags
20 June 2007 - Small businesses across the Kimberley are helping to reduce the 25.7 million plastic shopping bags that end up in landfill and the environment in the region each year by taking part in the Clean Up Australia Say NO to Plastic Bags campaign.
Bellbrae Primary School wins Triple Bin Challenge after reducing waste by 20%
7 June 2007 - Bellbrae Primary School has been named the winner of the Triple Bin Challenge, a program that encourages students to recycle rubbish.
Claims supermarket plastic bags not a problem “environmentally negligent”
17 May 2007 - Claims that supermarket plastic bags are not contributing to the problem of discarded plastic bags are environmentally negligent and fail to address the billions still being dumped in landfill each year, Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today.
Records tumble as Kimberley community rallies to tackle rubbish
21 October 2006 - Record numbers of volunteers, including Indigenous communities and schools for the first time, removed almost 3000 bags of rubbish from 85 sites across the Kimberley from Broome’s famous Cable Beach to remote roadsides and campsites as part of the Clean Up the Kimberley campaign this weekend.
Record numbers heading to the Kimberley for clean up campaign
15 October 2006 - More than 1000 people will drive hundreds of kilometres to remove rubbish polluting popular campsites, roadsides and coastal areas in the Kimberley on 21-22 October - the largest community clean ever organised in the region.
Protect the Kimberley’s unspoiled beauty from waste dumping
8 September 2006 - The reputation of the Kimberley as one of Australia’s most spectacular natural places would be in jeopardy if residents did not travel thousands of kilometers to remove dumped waste from roadsides, coastal areas and campsites as part of the Clean Up the Kimberley Weekend.
New generation of recyclers to tackle Victoria's waste problems
12 July 2006 - Geelong primary students will be the first in Victoria to take part in a new environmental initiative launched jointly today by Clean Up Australia, Alcoa Foundation and Barwon Regional Waste Management Group.
Ban on plastic bags will reduce deaths of marine life
10 January 2008 - Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan AO said today that introducing a ban on plastic bags would help to reduce the number of marine life killed by swallowing or being tangled in plastic bags.
Urgent action on flood debris needed
11 January 2008 - North coast residents are being urged to help clean up the huge amounts of rubbish that have been washed onto beaches and along the north coast in the aftermath of the floods.
South Australia to Ban Plastic Bags
18 June 2008 - South Australia is showing the rest of Australia the way forward on solving the problem of plastic bags and their impact on the environment by pursuing a ban, Clean Up Australia said today.
China’s ban on plastic bags highlights damage of delays in Australia
4 June 2008 - China’s decision to ban plastic bags has caused further embarrassment for Australia, which continues to delay a final decision to ban them despite evidence a levy does not work in the long run, Clean Up Australia said today.
 
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