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Clean up Toowoomba

Bridget Noonan wants to get residents to pick up rubbish and is holding a Clean Up Day in Our City Toowoomba event to kick...

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03rd Dec. 2019 10:12 PM

Keeping Toowoomba clean - one day at a time

A Toowoomba woman has called on the community to come together and clean up the city.

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03rd Dec. 2019 9:12 AM

Bridget Noonan wants to get residents to pick up rubbish and is holding a Clean Up Day in Our City event to kick things off on December 15. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Plans for waste to energy plant will be lodged next year

Wildfire Energy has partnered with waste company BMI to deliver the project.

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27th Nov. 2019 12:11 AM

The waste-to-energy demonstration project in Redbank Plains will convert feedstocks into syngas, enabling the production of renewable electricity, hydrogen and chemicals.

Hoarder rescued after being crushed by piles of rubbish

A hoarder has been pulled from a window after she became trapped underneath piles of rubbish, including women’s magazines...

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18th Nov. 2019 4:11 PM

10 YEARS: Clean-up of Whitsunday beaches a constant battle

One-and-a-half Airlie Beach Lagoons worth of rubbish collected from shores over huge decade of effort from thousands of...

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13th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

Sorting through rubbish collected on an Eco Barge Clean Seas trip are volunteers (front, from left) Richard Scott, Sophie Qian, Sam Houghton and Margi Mills, project coordinator Fiona Broadbent, and (back) volunteers Brian Fry, Nick Beecroft, Sam King and June Whitney.

How to tell if you’re using the right bin

A simple test will confirm if the rubbish you’re putting in your recycling bin belongs there — or somewhere else.

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11th Nov. 2019 7:11 AM

Bowling ball found among rubbish washed up on beach

Surprising list of what washes up on our beaches.

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04th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

These plastic bottles that are sold in China are a regular find among rubbish washed up on Whitsundays' beaches.

Gympie tip hours to change, but not everyone's happy

Council advised to open gates for longer - but not everyone is a winner in the region.

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23rd Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

Gympie residents are expected to get good news about Bonnick Rd’s open hours - but the Mary Valley is again set to miss out on much-wanted changes.

Group has vision for a 'very Kyogle' tip shop

Upcycle, recycle and reinvent rubbish

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21st Oct. 2019 10:10 AM

NOT RUBBISH: Kyogle Tip Shop opening soon.

Controversial changes save Gympie council $180k

CEO says council was 'in the Dark Ages'.

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10th Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

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