The remote Western Australian community of Kununurra is set to benefit from the generosity of Southern Highlanders with the imminent arrival of a shipping container of refurbished bicycles. Closing the door on the container packed with hundreds of bikes was Wingecarribee Shire Mayor Councillor Duncan Gair, Steve Glendenning from Resource Recovery Australia and volunteers from...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is encouraging residents to Recycle Right and update their recycling habits as part of a regional recycling campaign launched in Canberra last week. Coordinated via the Canberra Region Joint Organisation, the Recycle Right campaign seeks to simplify recycling messages, highlight recent changes and support the Australian Government’s call for a movement towards...
Starting Monday 15 July 2019 Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) will open from 8.00am seven days a week. Other changes to operating hours include closing the facility at 4.00pm weekdays and Saturdays. Sunday hours of operation will be from 8.00am to 1.00pm. The new opening hours are the result of a review conducted...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is working with local charities to tackle illegal dumping at stores and donation bins across the Shire. Council’s Regional Illegal Dumping Project Officer, Sara Rich, explained that dumping unusable items at charity bins cost local charities thousands of dollars each year. “Local charities offer an important service to our community and unfortunately,...
Australian not-for-profit organisation Bikes 4 Life is calling on volunteers from across the Shire to help the local branch restore pushbikes for needy communities. The Southern Highlands branch of Bikes 4 Life operate from Council’s Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) where they are led by the Shire’s 2019 Australia Day Citizen of the Year, Hans Radowitz....