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Skip the tip: Council trials new bulky rubbish option

11/09/2024 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: Janelle Whitehead, Council’s Manager of Waste, Recycling and Employment Initiatives (centre), with Tooloon Street resident Joanne Smith (second from front) and her team members Lee and Marie Rose, Brett Kenny and Blake Jurd.

Following a successful pilot in Quambone, Coonamble Shire Council is trialing the positioning of temporary bulky waste bins around Coonamble township to help people get rid of rubbish if they can’t get to the tip.

The first of the big blue bins is now on location in Tooloon Street, on the centre strip near the . . .


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