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'''Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful''' (KNIB),<ref name="daera">{{cite web|url = https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/marine-litter | publisher = Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | website = daera-ni.gov.uk | title = Marine Litter | date = 20 October 2015 | quote = Since 2012 Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB) have produced the Marine Litter Survey on behalf of the Department [of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs] }}</ref> known until 2014 as '''TIDY Northern Ireland''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org/cgi-bin/generic?instanceID=2 |title=Our History |publisher=Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful | website = keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> is a non-profit environmental organisation based in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="charity">{{cite web|url = https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-details/?regId=102973&subId=0| website = charitycommissionni.org.uk | publisher = Charity Commission for Northern Ireland | title = Search - Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful | accessdate = 16 December 2022 | quote = Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful [..] Charity no. 102973 [..] Date registered. 19/08/2015 [..] 7 Trustees [..] 13 Employees [..] 50 Volunteers }}</ref> In addition to running the "Keep Northern Ireland Tidy" campaign, it supports or provides grants for local environmental programmes such as the 'Beautiful Beach Awards',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/northern-ireland-bathing-waters-improve-through-partnership-working |title=Northern Ireland bathing waters improve through partnership working |date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> litter surveys,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/plastic-packaging-litter-continues-to-be-an-issue-on-ni-streets-but-weve-cleaned-up-our-act-42146949.html |title=Plastic packaging litter continues to be an issue on NI streets — but we've cleaned up our act |date=November 16, 2022 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> a 'Marine Litter Report',<ref name="daera"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/environment/ps100k-for-marine-litter-funds-available-to-groups-in-coleraine-3905637 |title=£100K for marine litter funds available to groups in Coleraine |date= |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> local gardening projects,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/education/school-pollinator-scheme-has-fleming-fulton-buzzing-3892430 |title=School Pollinator Scheme has Fleming Fulton buzzing |date=October 25, 2022 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/people/queens-jubilee-pollinator-garden-opens-in-magheralin-3927423 |title=Queen's Jubilee Pollinator Garden |date=November 22, 2022 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> an Eco-Schools program,<ref name="ecoschoolsni"/> Green Coast Awards, TIDY Business and Borough Cleanliness Survey.<ref name="pr2013">{{cite web |url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/archive/press-feed/every-school-should-be-an-eco-school-durkan-29790136.html| website = belfasttelegraph.co.uk | title = Opinion - Columnists - Press Feed - "Every school should be an Eco-School" – Durkan | date = 27 November 2013 | quote = TIDY Northern Ireland operates the [..] Seaside and Green Coast Awards for beaches and marinas [..] TIDY Business, and BIG Spring Clean as well as the Borough Cleanliness Survey [..] and the Eco-Schools Programme}}</ref> The organisation is registered as a charity with the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] and, as of 2022, had 13 employees.<ref name="charity"/>
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'''Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful''', known until 2014 as '''TIDY Northern Ireland''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org/cgi-bin/generic?instanceID=2 |title=Our History |publisher=Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful | website = keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> is a non-profit environmental organisation based in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="charity">{{cite web|url = https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-details/?regId=102973&subId=0| website = charitycommissionni.org.uk | publisher = Charity Commission for Northern Ireland | title = Search - Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful | accessdate = 16 December 2022 | quote = Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful [..] Charity no. 102973 [..] Date registered. 19/08/2015 [..] 7 Trustees [..] 13 Employees [..] 50 Volunteers }}</ref> In addition to running the "Keep Northern Ireland Tidy" campaign, it supports or provides grants for local environmental programmes such as the 'Beautiful Beach Awards',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/northern-ireland-bathing-waters-improve-through-partnership-working |title=Northern Ireland bathing waters improve through partnership working |date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> litter surveys,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/plastic-packaging-litter-continues-to-be-an-issue-on-ni-streets-but-weve-cleaned-up-our-act-42146949.html |title=Plastic packaging litter continues to be an issue on NI streets — but we’ve cleaned up our act |date=November 16, 2022 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> a 'Marine Litter Report',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/environment/ps100k-for-marine-litter-funds-available-to-groups-in-coleraine-3905637 |title=£100K for marine litter funds available to groups in Coleraine |date= |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63137809 |title=Plastic pollution: 2021 'was worst year for marine litter' in Northern Ireland |date=October 8, 2022 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> local gardening projects,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/education/school-pollinator-scheme-has-fleming-fulton-buzzing-3892430 |title=School Pollinator Scheme has Fleming Fulton buzzing |date=October 25, 2022 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/people/queens-jubilee-pollinator-garden-opens-in-magheralin-3927423 |title=Queen's Jubilee Pollinator Garden |date=November 22, 2022 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland World]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> Eco-Schools,<ref name="ecoschoolsni"/> Green Coast Awards, TIDY Business and Borough Cleanliness Survey.<ref name="pr2013">{{cite web |url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/archive/press-feed/every-school-should-be-an-eco-school-durkan-29790136.html| website = belfasttelegraph.co.uk | title = Opinion - Columnists - Press Feed - "Every school should be an Eco-School" – Durkan | date = 27 November 2013 | quote = TIDY Northern Ireland operates the [..] Seaside and Green Coast Awards for beaches and marinas [..] TIDY Business, and BIG Spring Clean as well as the Borough Cleanliness Survey [..] and the Eco-Schools Programme}}</ref>


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KNIB produces information on the cleanliness of [[Northern Ireland]] that is used to direct resources to environmental quality issues.<ref name="ecoschoolsni">{{Cite web |url=https://eco-schoolsni.etinu.net/eco-schoolsni/documents/006607.pdf |title=Eco-Schools Northern Ireland Handbook |work=Eco-Schools Northern Ireland | publisher = Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful |access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> It has conducted public information campaigns on [[litter]], including on youth litter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/clean-up-your-act-and-bin-the-litter-say-stars-28346252.html |title=Clean up your act and bin the litter, say stars |date=July 5, 2008 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> It has also campaigned on issues such as [[fly-tipping]], dog fouling and neighbourhood noise.<ref name="ecoschoolsni"/>
The organisation is registered as a charity with the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] and, as of 2022, had 13 employees.<ref name="charity"/>


Much of the organisation's work overlaps with the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (NI) Act 2011, The Litter (NI) Order 1994 and The Waste and Contaminated Land (NI) Order 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/environment/2007mandate/reports/2010/Report_08_10_11R.htm |title=Report on the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill |date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=Department of the Environment Northern Ireland Assembly |access-date=December 17, 2022}}</ref>
==Overview==
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Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful produces information on the cleanliness of [[Northern Ireland]] that is used to direct resources to environmental quality issues.<ref name="ecoschoolsni">{{Cite web |url=https://eco-schoolsni.etinu.net/eco-schoolsni/documents/006607.pdf |title=Eco-Schools Northern Ireland Handbook |work=Eco-Schools Northern Ireland | publisher = Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> It has conducted campaigns and public information on [[litter]] including youth litter,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/clean-up-your-act-and-bin-the-litter-say-stars-28346252.html |title=Clean up your act and bin the litter, say stars |date=July 5, 2008 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> car litter, gum deposition, drug related litter, fast food litter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org/keepnorthernirelandbeautiful/documents/006785.pdf |title=Code of Practice |publisher=Department of the Environment Northern Ireland |access-date=December 17, 2022}}</ref> It has also campaigned on a number of other anti-social behaviour issues such as [[fly-tipping]], dog fouling and neighbourhood noise. The organisation's work falls into three main areas: campaigning to get public action, the delivery of programmes to enable partners to deliver action in the community and the production of research and survey results to measure the quality of the local environment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/2932034 |title=Northern Ireland Tidy |date=December 17, 2022 |publisher=Academic.com |access-date=December 17, 2022 }}</ref>

Much of the organisation's work overlaps with the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (NI) Act 2011, The Litter (NI) Order 1994 and The Waste and Contaminated Land (NI) Order 1997.{{fact|date=November 2022}} As part of this work, the organisation aims to help local authorities and other agencies to deliver better local environmental services, which are tailored to meet the differing needs of the communities that they serve.{{tone-inline|date=November 2022}}


==See also==
==See also==

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Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB),[1] known until 2014 as TIDY Northern Ireland,[2] is a non-profit environmental organisation based in Northern Ireland.[3] In addition to running the "Keep Northern Ireland Tidy" campaign, it supports or provides grants for local environmental programmes such as the 'Beautiful Beach Awards',[4] litter surveys,[5] a 'Marine Litter Report',[1][6] local gardening projects,[7][8] an Eco-Schools program,[9] Green Coast Awards, TIDY Business and Borough Cleanliness Survey.[10] The organisation is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and, as of 2022, had 13 employees.[3]

KNIB produces information on the cleanliness of Northern Ireland that is used to direct resources to environmental quality issues.[9] It has conducted public information campaigns on litter, including on youth litter.[11] It has also campaigned on issues such as fly-tipping, dog fouling and neighbourhood noise.[9]

Much of the organisation's work overlaps with the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (NI) Act 2011, The Litter (NI) Order 1994 and The Waste and Contaminated Land (NI) Order 1997.[12]

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  1. ^ a b "Marine Litter". daera-ni.gov.uk. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. 20 October 2015. Since 2012 Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB) have produced the Marine Litter Survey on behalf of the Department [of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs]
  2. ^ "Our History". keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Search - Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful". charitycommissionni.org.uk. Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 16 December 2022. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful [..] Charity no. 102973 [..] Date registered. 19/08/2015 [..] 7 Trustees [..] 13 Employees [..] 50 Volunteers
  4. ^ "Northern Ireland bathing waters improve through partnership working". Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. July 8, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Plastic packaging litter continues to be an issue on NI streets — but we've cleaned up our act". Belfast Telegraph. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "£100K for marine litter funds available to groups in Coleraine". Northern Ireland World. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "School Pollinator Scheme has Fleming Fulton buzzing". Northern Ireland World. October 25, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Queen's Jubilee Pollinator Garden". Northern Ireland World. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Eco-Schools Northern Ireland Handbook" (PDF). Eco-Schools Northern Ireland. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "Opinion - Columnists - Press Feed - "Every school should be an Eco-School" – Durkan". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 27 November 2013. TIDY Northern Ireland operates the [..] Seaside and Green Coast Awards for beaches and marinas [..] TIDY Business, and BIG Spring Clean as well as the Borough Cleanliness Survey [..] and the Eco-Schools Programme
  11. ^ "Clean up your act and bin the litter, say stars". Belfast Telegraph. July 5, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Report on the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill". Department of the Environment Northern Ireland Assembly. January 27, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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