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Lake’s great dumping blitz Overall amount of rubbish down from two years ago
cases requiring follow-up to identify suspects and 13 sites for immediate clean-up. T e council’s sustainability
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manager, Alice Howe, said the results showed an improvement on previous campaigns. “From council’s point of view the
blitz was defi nitely a success,” Dr Howe said.
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ast week’s illegal dumping blitz by Lake Macquarie City Council identifi ed three suspects, a further two
“We are also pleased to report that
the overall amount of rubbish found on the day was down on our previous blitz two years ago.” “We’d like to attribute this
reduction to a few factors, such as the fantastic eff orts on Clean Up Australia Day, high numbers at council’s free eWaste drop off s, and a greater overall awareness of our waste services. “We are also continuing to
encourage people to report illegal dumping to council, as the earlier we
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can identify sites and hold dumpers responsible for their actions, the less this costs the community.” Residents who witness illegal
dumping can report the incident to the council by phoning 4921 0333, with details of the site and vehicles involved. On-the-spot fi nes for illegal
dumping range from $750 to $1500 for individuals and $1500 to $5000 for corporations. Fines can be substantially more if court action is taken.
41 TV GUIDE 42-45 REAL ESTATE LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL RANGER JASON MULLEE CLASSIFIEDS
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Please help us to collect your garbage and recycling by placing your bins in the correct location on collection day.
For further information, please contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on 4921 0333 or go to
www.lakemac.com.au/services/waste-and-recycling
icrowave ovens and hand held elecNo white goods Date: Saturday 23 July 2011
Time: Strictly 8:30am to 1:30pm Venue: Solo Resource Recovery,25 - 27 Oakdale Road,
Gateshead.Access from Bulls Garden Road direction only.
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Do you have any portable electric items to dispose of? Here’s your chance to help the environment. The following items will be accepted for recycling:
FREE E-WASTE RECYCLING CoTVs, stereo DVD and video players
53-56 SPORT
AUDIT FIGURES (CIRCULATION)
NEWCASTLE POST 114,962
HUNTER POST 24,992 COMBINED 139,954
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The Newcastle Post
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