Tag: rubbish
Groups unite to clean-up Wyndham
Hardworking volunteers collected around 350 kilograms of rubbish from various sites in Wyndham last week during a Clean Up Australia Day event.
NatureWest – a...
Fourth bin for households
Households across the state, including Wyndham, are set to get a fourth bin to dispose of glass under a new recycling scheme announced by...
Council urges residents to clean up
Wyndham council is reminding house owners and tenants to make sure their properties are kept tidy this spring.
Safer communities portfolio holder Cr Kim McAliney...
Rising tide of plastic chokes bay
Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay is being trashed, with an estimated 1.4 billion pieces of rubbish flowing into the sea annually from the Yarra and...
Skeleton Creek ‘dump’ on council radar
Wyndham council is calling on residents of Tilwinda Place in Truganina to report anyone they observe illegally dumping rubbish along Skeleton Creek.
The council sent...
Rubbish drains council time, money
Wyndham council has been forced to clean up rubbish at more than 300 blocks across the municipality since October last year.
Wyndham’s environment and sustainability...
Tip plan gets green light
A decision to approve the Werribee tip expansion has been described as “seriously flawed” by its opponents.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month...
Point Cook tops litter figures
Point Cook has been named Wyndham’s hotspot for litter reports, as the state Environment Protection Authority warns residents to try to avoid dodgy skip-bin...
Council wants action on tip row
Wyndham council has called on the state government to intervene in a legal battle over the Werribee tip expansion, saying the matter could escalate...
Tip fight to cost millions
The Werribee tip will be at capacity by November this year and the council will have to turn away $13.6 million in commercial contracts...
Tip tokens phased out
Wyndham council is set to reduce the number of tip tokens residents receive each year from two to one.
At present, Wyndham ratepayers receive two...
Council gets down on dumping
Tis the season for spring cleaning, renovating … and illegal dumping.
The Environment Protection Authority is calling on any residents or businesses doing a clean-out...
Tidy Tradies trial
Wyndham council and two major property developers have joined forces in a bid to eliminate litter on building sites.
A trial of a new program...
Cops respond to river trail fears
Wyndham police have boosted patrols along the Werribee River Trail in response to concerns about drinking, drug use and anti-social behaviour after dark.
Inspector Marty...
Clean Up Australia Day delivers more than 1000kg of trash
More than 1000 kilograms of rubbish was collected across Wyndham on Clean Up Australia Day.
Two separate clean-ups were hosted last Sunday, delivering “concerning” masses...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
