Coffs Coast Advocate

BIG CLEAN-UP: What a load of rubbish!

Council reveals just how much waste we’re sending to the tip, in a year that has forced many to clean up

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22nd Oct. 2020 1:10 PM

Clarence Valley Council waste disposal process at Grafton Regional Landfill.

'I'M NO HERO': Volunteer who lost son in valiant fire fight

IT'S been a tough year for Edwin Newbery. In March the bloke who picks up your green waste and protects your house in a...

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14th Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

Garbage collector Eddie Newbery has spent the past five days volunteering to fight fires at Whiteman Creek. The Copmanhurst Rural Fire Service captain and treasurer recently won the 2019 NSW Rural Fire Service Community Award.

Tread carefully as plastic emissions can be lethal

Local governments having problems in dealing with mountains of consumer waste believe that using it to create a power...

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13th June 2018 7:06 AM

A letter writer says local governments are having problems in dealing with the mountains of consumer waste and believe that using it to create a power source will provide a double solution.

SMELLY AND FULL: 'Mr Clean' slams public bin emptying effort

Andy Brodersen said some bins off Collingwood Drive had not been emptied for weeks.

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22nd Feb. 2018 5:02 PM

DUMPED: Andy Brodersen wants the council to pay more attention to the full and smelly public bins in the Collingwood Park area.

Kim shocks with designer wheelie bins

KIM Kardashian and Kanye West’s love of luxury appears to know no bounds, with Kim revealing the couple even has Louis...

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15th Jan. 2018 5:01 AM

She has even released a book of all her favourite selfies, titled “Selfish”.

Words fail us as governments accentuate the positive

Government and council lay on the positive spin to dress up bad news for their customers

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01st June 2017 8:06 AM

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'Wheelie' stinky, disgusting problem ruining Coast parks

DIRTY nappies, discarded sandwiches, rotten fruit, left-over meat from the barbie and heaps of other rubbish are creating a...

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28th Nov. 2016 11:11 AM

New organics bins rolling out across the Byron Shire

ORGANICS bins will start arriving at urban households this week, starting in Suffolk Park, Byron Bay and Brunswick...

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08th July 2015 12:07 PM

What goes in what in Byron Shire's new three-bin system.

Dennis Kacunic and his Isuzu FYX

Dennis Kacunic has Australia’s first 10x4 Isuzu FYX 2500 front loader garbage truck. The Euro 5 10x4 means a bigger...

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08th May 2015 3:05 PM

Tensions rise as Ipswich council takes garbos’ day off

IPSWICH councillors and the council CEO yesterday dismissed any move to outsource waste services as tensions heightened in...

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19th March 2015 6:03 AM

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