Tag: waste
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...
Cash for trash passes
A black market of Werribee tip passes has cropped up online.
An investigation by Star Weekly revealed a number of residents trying to sell their...
Tipping point for EPA decision
Wyndham council is still waiting on the green light from the state environment watchdog before it can open four new ‘cells’ at the Werribee...
Risks uncovered at Laverton North recycling site
by Alexandra Laskie, The Age
Fire risks and storage issues have been identified at a second site owned by the recycling company at the centre of...
Millions spent on dumped rubbish
Wyndham council received 2208 complaints about litter, including illegal rubbish dumping and waste left in parks, in the past financial year.
City operations director Stephen Thorpe...
Wheelie bins under attack
Damaged and missing household wheelie bins - including stolen and vandalised ones - have cost Wyndham council more than $72,000 during the past year.
In the...
Court fines Laverton North company for waste storage
A Laverton North company has been fined $7500 and ordered to pay more than $17,000 in court costs for storing hundreds of drums of...
Beach Patrol 3030 celebrates a year of clean-up
A group of volunteers who get together every month to clean up Wyndham waterways has celebrated its first anniversary.
Beach Patrol 3030 co-ordinator Rob Bradley...
Group moves to block tip works
The Western Region Environment Centre is worried about the operation of proposed new “cells” at the Werribee and Ravenhall tips.
Centre spokesman Harry van Moorst...
Plan for west to become Melbourne’s tip slammed
On the eve of the public submission deadline, residents have rejected Wyndham council’s plans to accept waste from across Melbourne.
The council is backing three...
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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...
