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Review into bin collections expected Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au CHANGES to weekly bin collections are expected to be assessed by Kingston Council sometime in the next year. Knox Council caused a stir last week by announcing that it would only pick up rubbish bins fortnightly from mid-next year. It will pick up food and garden waste bins weekly instead. Bayside Council made the same switch last month. Kingston Council has confirmed that it is planning to undertake a review of its weekly bin collections within the next 12 months. For the time being it is not planning on making changes. “There are no plans to change the waste collection frequency within Kingston at this time. The City of Kingston already provides a Food and Garden waste collection service to nearly 50,000 properties that is diverting approximately 3000 tonnes of food material from landfill annually,”
SEAFORD life savers competing at an event last month. Picture: Supplied
council CEO Peter Bean said. “We are proposing to undertake a review of the kerbside waste service in the next 12 months and will consider what other councils are delivering and if this would be suitable for Kingston.” Frankston Council mayor Nathan Conroy said that weekly bin collections in Frankston also remain unchanged “at this stage”. “Any changes to the household kerbside collection services will involve engagement with the community as part of the development of our waste circularity master plan,” he said.
KINGSTON Council is expected to review its bin collections soon. Picture: Supplied
Life savers win bronze in boat comp SEAFORD life savers won bronze at the Australian Inflatable Rescue Boat Championships last month. The national championships were held at Mollymook in New South Wales. The Seaford Life Saving Club came home with a trophy, taking third place in an under-23 mass rescue event. The winning team featured Brooke Collins, Isabella Comey, Michael Jacobsen, and Sean Scott-Harvey. Portsea Surf Life Saving Club also returned from the event with silver-
ware, taking out first place in the under-23 men’s tube rescue and second in the open women’s tube rescue. Life Saving Victoria’s general manager education, sport, and club development Kate Simpson congratulated the winning athletes for their efforts. “Victorian lifesavers have a fantastic record of outstanding results at the Australian IRB Championships and I am thrilled to say in 2022 we have continued this proud tradition,” she said. “To see Portsea on the podium twice and Seaford joining them after being our
most improved team at the Victorian Championships is fantastic and I extend my congratulations to everyone for their amazing efforts in Mollymook. “IRB racing allows our athletes to refine key rescue-ready skills driving and crewing the IRB, the most popular piece of modern rescue equipment. The IRB racing season may be over, but I look forward to seeing our drivers, crews and patients between the red and yellow flags next patrol season, using their skills to save lives.”
Plan forms to combat climate catastrophe Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON residents are being asked to contribute ideas to help mitigate the local effects of climate change. Frankston Council is drafting a climate change strategy for the next decade. The strategy will outline op-
portunities to reduce emissions and combat the growing danger of climate change. Last year a report released by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change spelled out the grave dangers of climate change. Global temperature is projected to reach or exceed 1.5 degrees of warming in the next 20 years. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy has encouraged residents to come for-
ward and have a say on what can be done at a local level to protect the environment. “Whether you’re keen to reduce energy costs or climate-proof your business, or passionate about creating a better world – your say is important to us,” he said. Council says that a climate change survey it conducted in 2020 found that the loss of biodiversity and habitat, rising sea levels, longer bush fire seasons, and more extreme weather
events are the biggest concerns held by residents. A climate emergency was declared by Frankston Council in 2019. Council says it reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 34 per cent in the 2020/2021 financial year compared to 2019/2020. In response to the damning UN report last year, Frankston, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Bass Coast, Bayside, Cardinia, Casey, Greater
Dandenong, and Port Phillip councils publicly called on the government to act quickly on the issue (“Wait at our peril for climate change action” The News 30/8/21). Residents can make submissions on council’s climate change strategy and action plan until 13 August. The final strategy is expected to be complete in March next year. Feedback can be provided at engage. frankston.vic.gov.au/climate-change
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