Tag: rubbish
Rubbish woe in the west
Across Derrimut, Sunshine, Laverton and Campbellfield, six massive warehouses are filled with waste from insolvent recycler SKM, according to one of the warehouse owners.
It...
Locals rubbish system
Derrimut residents say they have no faith in online reporting systems after illegally dumped rubbish has turned the side of Mt Derrimut road into...
Trail of rubbish bagged
The Western Ring Road Trail is popular with cyclists, walkers – and rubbish dumpers.
A section of the track between Forrest Street and Ballarat Road...
Rubbish pick-up ‘at-call’
Brimbank’s annual kerbside hard waste collection period has been scrapped in favour of an “at call” service.
From mid-2019, residents will be able to request...
Council goes to war on waste
Illegal rubbish dumping cost the Brimbank council about $700,000 in the past financial year, and it’s had enough.
The council received 4800 reports of dumped...
Hard rubbish time for Brimbank
Brimbank’s annual hard rubbish collection begins next week.
This year’s hard waste collection will start on Monday, July 2 and run for six weeks, finishing...
Brimbank zooms in on dumpers
Four cameras designed to catch rubbish dumpers in the act have proven so successful that the Brimbank council plans to install more.
Brimbank mayor Margaret...
Asbestos removal costs council
Brimbank council spends about $1million a year cleaning up illegally dumped rubbish, including asbestos, a government report has revealed.
The Department of Health and Human...
Deer Park tip has “potential to expand”
The Deer Park tip has “potential to expand all activities onsite”, according to a state government report. The report comes as the Environment Protection...
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Drug action plan
The state government is launching a Statewide Action Plan to reduce drug harms across Victoria, including in Brimbank.
The government is responding to all the...
