Tag: environmental sustainability
Student knowledge grows with native plant project
DOZENS of native bushes and trees have recently been planted at McDonald Park Primary School as part of a new sustainable learning project.
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Saleable items saved from scrap heap
THE waste transfer station on Eucalypt Drive will start taking useful donations of unwanted items from Monday for sale at the Mount Gambier ReUse...
Residents urged to recycle
AS THE global waste processing industry grapples with China's ban on foreign waste imports, Mount Gambier City Council environmental sustainability officer Aaron Izzard has...
No plastic panic
FORMERLY the world's largest importer of recyclable materials, China's ban on foreign waste imports has thrown the international waste processing industry into disarray.
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Resident recycles his way across South East
AN ENVIRONMENTALLY conscious 68-year-old Nangwarry resident is dedicating his time to cycling over the region and collecting recyclable rubbish to reduce the impact of...
Landfill switchover
THE $1.2m construction of landfill Cell 3B at Caroline Landfill was completed last month at an opportune time as Cell 3A reached critical capacity.[...]
Dump contingencies implemented
MOUNT Gambier City Council has implemented a number of contingency measures to improve leachate management at Caroline Landfill following record levels of rain last June[...]