Support quality local journalism

Make a contribution
NORTHERN
Home Tags Landfill

Tag: landfill

Green light for food recycling

Whittlesea residents will be given the chance to recycle their food waste from next financial year. Councillors last week voted to roll-out a municipal-wide food...

Craigieburn’s Willams family is on a recycling mission

A Craigieburn family is tackling the state’s recycling crisis by launching a community recycling group. Robert and Ann Williams and their children, David, 19, Amy,...
Aerial photo of SKM's recycling plant at Laverton North.

Whittlesea and Hume councils working on recycling fix

Recycling waste from across Hume and Whittlesea is heading to landfill for a third week. The councils are among 33 Victorian councils left without access...

Food waste recycling to be trialled in Whittlesea

A three-month food waste recycling trial will be held in Whittlesea in an attempt to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. From October,...

Recycling collections headed for landfill due to SKM closure

Hundreds of tonnes of recycling from Hume and Whittlesea will be dumped in landfill after a decision by SKM Recycling to stop accepting recyclable...

SKM’s Coolaroo site remains closed while Laverton North reopens

Recycling collections from Hume and Whittlesea continue to be sent to landfill, with SKM Recycling’s Coolaroo plant remaining closed. The Environment Protection Authority has lifted...

Hume council slams recycler SKM

Hume council has criticised SKM Services for failing to properly manage its recycling plants. Hume is one of 20 Victorian councils that has been forced...

Bulla tip out of action

The troubled Bulla tip has stopped accepting waste after its licence was suspended by the Environment Protection Authority. The EPA suspended the licence of tip...

Bulla tip around for another decade

  Bulla residents have vowed to fight a decision handed down by the state’s planning tribunal to extend the lifetime of the Bulla tip until...

Latest

Vic Metro squad revealed

Five Calder Cannons and four Northern Knights players have been named in the Victoria Metro squad for the under-18 boys AFL National Championships. A squad...