Clean Beaches
Clean Beaches is a fun competition, which aims to enhance beachside communities by promoting personal initiative, civic pride and environmental awareness. Through competition and awards, the program provides recognition to people who care for their community and coastal environment.
For more information about Clean Beaches and the benefits that this program offers YOU and YOUR community click on our Clean Beaches brochure.
The winner of the Clean Beaches Schools Logo Design Competition has been announced!
Keep Australia Beautiful NSW congratulates Georgia Dyson, aged 9, from Clovelly Public School on her wonderful design which will form the logo for our Clean Beaches program 2010 and beyond.
 
Please click here for a copy of Georgia Dyson's speech.
Clean Beaches is a fantastic opportunity to network with other beachside communities who are proactively overcoming challenges for their local beach environments. We hope that all participants enjoyed this year's challenge and we look forward to hearing about your great initiatives along the coastline in 2010.
Click here to view the Australian Clean Beaches website
2009 Clean Beaches
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Awards Criteria
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Overall Clean Beach Award Assessors take into account beach’s geographic, environmental and economic circumstances. They assess how efficiently and effectively the community uses the resources available to them against a range of criteria.
These include:
-Tidiness and litter abatement
- Visitor friendliness and hospitality
- Fauna and flora
- Management of activities
- Community interaction including youth activities
- Resource conservation and waste management
- Local government leadership within a community.
The Overall entry is related to a demonstrated holistic approach to your beach based on the above criteria and not specifically related to the category (categories) you enter.
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Resource Recovery Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in resource recovery and management
- Evidence of community, business and/or local government initiatives in promoting resource recovery, managing waste materials and reducing packaging to protect our coastal environments
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Litter Prevention Award
- Accomplishment in litter prevention, management and education
- Evidence of sound and proactive litter management and abatement activities
- Public place recycling facilities
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Water Conservation Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in water conservation
- Evidence of community, business and/or local government initiatives in promoting water reuse, filtration and conservation to protect our coastal environments
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Young Legends Award
- Outstanding accomplishment by youth or by a beach/community which encourages and promotes youth activity
- Examples of Young Legends include volunteers, scout/girl guide groups, primary schools students, high school students, youth groups, university students, etc under the age of 25 years
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Community Partnerships and Action Award
- Outstanding community organisation and pride, expressed through civic, cultural and environmental activities
- Evidence of strong partnerships between the local beach community (including clubs and organised groups), local business and local councils
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Environmental Protection Award
- Outstanding accomplishment in the protection and commitment to the preservation of local fauna and flora. Examples include weed eradication policies and programs, partnerships between council and the community which are designed to identify, rehabilitate and/or protect local fauna and flora
- Commitment to the maintenance and protection of the coastal/dune biodiversity
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