Recycler ban won’t affect us, says shire
KEEN ballroom dancers are dusting off their dancing shoes in preparation for the weekend.
Couples will sway to the tunes of popular musician Ron Sudden at the Leopold Hall tonight.
Sd Sudden is a veteran singer, pianist and organist who has been an entertainer in Victoria and interstate.
His talent has also seen him branch into directing shows.
The dancing group has been a popular pastime for practiced and amateur dancers for many years.
Ballroom dancing is at 805-809 Bellarine Highway, Leopold, from 8pm-11.30pm.
The dance class costs $10 and includes supper.
New dancers are welcome to join the group. For more information, phone 0400 500 402. SURF Coast Shire Council has moved to allay fears that a recycling ban at a Melbourne recycling plant will affect the region’s recycling processes.
More than 40 firefighters were needed to battle a blaze at the Laverton North SKM recycling plant on Monday.
The Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday issued SKM Recycling a notice to stop accepting recyclable waste at its Laverton North site.
But the Surf Coast Council says it is “business as usual” in the shire.
“Keep sorting your household recycling and putting out your kerbside yellow bins as usual, all existing collections remain unchanged,” a council statement said.
“As always try to avoid using things which will become waste, and re-use items where possible.
“You can also go the extra yard by separating your recycling items entirely and delivering them yourself to our transfer stations.”
Separated paper, cardboard and metals can be delivered to Anglesea, Lorne or Winchelsea stations, while separated plastic will be accepted only at the Anglesea transfer station.
The EPA took the action after finding the recycler had not followed conditions of a June 19 notice to bring its outdoor waste stockpiles into compliance after finding “large stockpiles of combustible recyclable waste materials from kerbside collections stored without appropriate separation distances between stockpiles, buildings or the premises boundary”.
Meanwhile, the City of Greater Geelong has revealed it is bracing for the expected impacts of the latest closure.
SKM Recycling is contracted to process the 28,000 tonnes of recyclable material produced in the City of Greater Geelong every year.
“We are now taking action to manage the predicted downstream impacts on our kerbside collection service in the short term,” director of city services Guy Wilson-Brown said.
“We are in contact with SKM and impressing on them the importance of undertaking the required works and the potential impact on our ratepayers.”
Fire crews located the blaze in a processing machine at the factory which was surrounded by baled waste. At the height of the fire there were 11 firefighting appliances on scene.
The fire was under control after about 45 minutes.