The resurrection yard
Kris Mandeville and Mark Riddell love to fix up old bikes and they're working to make the border a safer place for cyclists.
View ArticleEnvironment centre to focus on recycling
Echuca's new $1.8 million environment centre has opened to the public.
View ArticleCommittee raises questions over carbon capture
A Victorian parliamentary committee has found there are still more questions than answers about the potential of storing carbon in soil.
View ArticlePlastics recycling machine to save landfill
More than 200 tonnes of waste will no longer go to landfill in Wodonga because of a new program at the city's waste transfer station.
View ArticleRecycling old televisions
The analog to digital television switchover is three weeks away.
View ArticleFarming with Nature; keeping up with the James's
The James family has been farming the same parcel of land at Bungeet near Wangaratta in north east Victoria for over 100 years. For generations now the farm has been changing. Doug James, the elder...
View ArticleFood on Friday - food waste
Are you a fussy consumer? Do you stand at the fruit stall and pick out the perfect piece of fruit? What happens to the fruit that's not perfect, and gets rejected by shoppers even though it's still...
View ArticlePledge this
Local students have promised to plant trees, shop second-hand and improve recycling habits. The pledges have been written down and collected and will make their way to Canberra where they will be...
View ArticleCall for councils to share in landfill levy funds
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) says it will continue to lobby the State Government to give local councils a share of money raised through increased landfill levies.
View ArticleNew program to recycle analogue TVs
Residents in regional Victoria will have the opportunity to turn in their old televisions when the State Government starts its TV recycling program.
View ArticleSewerage revamp to allow effluent recycling
Deniliquin council says a $3 million upgrade of its sewerage treatment plant must proceed this year, despite plans for a major overhaul in a decade's time.
View ArticleTree roots blamed for sewage pipe leak
Goulburn Valley Water says more than 2.5 megalitres of sewage leaked from a pipe last week.
View ArticleWaste firm fined over leaky truck
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined waste collection company Transpacific Cleanaway more than $6,000 after an incident in Tatura.
View ArticleIllegal dumpers blaming carbon tax
The illegal dumping of household rubbish in the Wodonga area has dramatically increased and the Wodonga council says offenders are blaming their actions on the carbon tax.
View ArticleWorld first effort to make biochar on-farm from woody weeds
A project in north east Victoria is trying to make the most of a very different resource.
View ArticleCharities back anti-dumping funds
Local charities say they have been contending with the costly problem of the illegal dumping of household items and rubbish for years.
View ArticleSmall towns pose wastewater treatment 'challenge'
Victorian Water Minister Peter Walsh says work is underway on developing new wastewater treatment options for a number of north-east towns.
View ArticleSewerage system work to begin
Work is set to start immediately on a $3.3 million sewerage system at Glenrowan.
View ArticleAlbury turning the tide on water use
Albury residents are being urged to keep up their water conservation efforts amid predictions of a long, hot summer.
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