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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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LettersChris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0

Rail and community consultation

The first stage of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was opened in 1894 and shortly after the line was...
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Local NewsLeah Day, Northern Rivers Community Foundation - 0

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.
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Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Turn and Face the Change

‘Changes’ – It’s my favourite Bowie song. How do we change? And I don’t just mean personally. I mean as a large community of humans. As a species? Because we have to change. Now.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Mullum CWA celebrates 100 years

The Mullumbimby Country Women’s Association has played a pivotal role in the local community for the last 100 years.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

They’ve got their trousers on

They’re almost here – Baggy Trousers bring ‘Madness’ to Ballina next week! London-born and hailed as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier Madness tribute show, Baggy Trousers brings to life the legendary UK band’s iconic hits in The Sound of Madness and bring the energy, humour and soundtrack of the UK’s golden era to Ballina RSL.
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Stories about "recycling":

Lismore households throwing away $670,000

Local News The Echo - 0
Lismore City Council says Lismore households recently threw away an estimated $670,000 by placing eligible drink containers in their kerbside bins instead of claiming their refund, while almost half the contents of red-lid general waste bins could have been recycled or composted.
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More than 50 Return and Earn recycling baskets for Byron

Local News The Echo - 0
Baskets for cans and bottles are being attached to public bins in key spots across the Byron Shire as part of a boost to the NSW Return and Earn recycling program.
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Return and Earn doubles capacity at Lismore Recycling Centre

Local News The Echo - 0
With National Recycling Week underway, one of Lismore City Council’s most popular recycling options is about to get bigger and better.
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Recycling solar panels

Byron Echo Pancho Symes - 0
An estimated 100,000 tonnes of solar panels are expected to reach end-of-life in Australia by 2030.
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The power of recycling lithium batteries for a sustainable future

National News The Echo - 2
With the hope that we can power our lives sustainably from the sun, the way we capture, and more importantly, the way we store energy, comes down to the conversation about batterie
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How to cope amidst the chaos

Byron Echo Richard Jones - 6
So many people I know are deeply traumatised by the increasing darkness in the world – Gaza, Ukraine, the outrageous antics of Trump and his handpicked MAGA extremists, and now a war between Israel and Iran, not to mention the heartbreaking climate crisis.
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Return and Earn for less PETs, glass, aluminium, water, energy and emissions

Local News The Echo - 0
Recycling is no longer a novelty and as we understand more about waste and reusing our resources, and the NSW Return and Earn scheme is playing a major role in making good habits pay on more than one level.
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Fire at Ballina tip sparked by poor recycling behaviours

Local News The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council is urging residents not to put hazardous materials in any kerbside bin, following a fire at the Resource Recovery Centre last weekend.
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Tweed Resource Recovery Centre upgraded

Local News The Echo - 0
Tweed Council says recent upgrades at the Resource Recovery Centre, including the weighbridge, will make it easier, safer and more environmentally friendly for residents to dispose of their waste.
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Plan for looming battery crisis

National News The Echo - 2
Industry-led voluntary schemes will fail to address the environmental risks arising from battery disposal, according to the Total Environment Centre, as they release a plan for urgent regulation to establish an effective, mandatory product stewardship scheme to safely collect and recycle all battery types in Australia.
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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

The Echo - 0
Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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