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By Casey Neill Greater Dandenong’s recycling waste is on track for a productive future. The council’s engineering services director Julie Reid spoke to the Journal following a report from ABC program Four Corners highlighting huge stockpiles of glass intended for recycling. “Polytrade was a big focus in that report. Polytrade was under a fair amount of scrutiny in that report,” she said. The company has the council’s recycling contract. “We just considered whether Polytrade had moved on since that time,” Ms Reid said. “A lot has happened in the past few months. “They introduced some advanced technology to sort glass. “That certainly is in our Ordish Road municipal recycling facility at the moment. “There was a flood of glass in the market and they weren’t getting as much for it, I believe. “The new technology does something with the glass that allows it to be more palatable to overseas markets.” Ms Reid said the council was watching the recycling space all the time so did not hold a special investigation following the program. “The recycled market has been through lots of fluctuations,” she said.
Police are appealing for video footage from the public following an assault on a Pakenham man outside Dandenong Hospital. Greater Dandenong CIU investigators are looking into the circumstances of an affray outside the David Street hospital about 3.30pm on Tuesday 22 August. A 47-year-old man suffered minor injuries during the incident and was released from hospital after observation. Police declined to speak further on what exactly took place. Investigators are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or has CCTV or mobile phone footage to come forward. A Monash Health spokeswoman said the incident occurred outside the hospital, and police were handling the matter. Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 with any information.
Pair in robbery spree Greater Dandenong engineering services director Julie Reid. 172012 “We watch it really carefully to make sure we’re still getting good value for money. “Our contract does have a requirement for any of our contractors to meet industry standards.” She said that people placing unrecyclable materials into their recycling bins did create
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problems for recyclers. “We will always have a proportion that goes to landfill because it’s not recyclable,” she said. “There’s always going to be people who do the wrong thing, or who don’t quite understand what they need to do.”
Students back their school upgrade Lyndale Secondary College’s rebuild drew attention from Education Minister James Merlino. He visited the Dandenong North school with Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams on Wednesday 16 August. The State Government has so far invested $13 million to rebuild Lyndale. Work is well underway on the school’s new STEM centre and performing arts space, with more to come. Student leaders told Mr Merlino how important the upgrade was to them and their education. Mr Merlino and Ms Williams also stopped
by Dandenong’s Emerson School to discuss the school’s plans for the future. They met principal John Mooney to learn about Emerson’s programs for students with intellectual processing difficulties. Emerson School is the largest specialist school of its type in Victoria and provides a wide range of educational, therapeutic and developmental programs for students. “Whether it be a mainstream setting or a tailored educational environment, our priority is to create opportunity for every student, and our schools are at the heart of that,” Ms Williams said.
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams with school council president Kerrie Hayhow and principal Mark Moir at the sod turning for the new buildings. 167471
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Police are searching for two men behind robberies in Dandenong, Rowville and Wheelers Hill back in May. Two men drove a stolen vehicle to a Wheelers Hill pizza shop about 8.20pm on Thursday 4 May. They were armed with a metal pole and kitchen knife and stole the cash register. About 8.30pm, the two men drove to a Dandenong milk bar on David Street, produced weapons and stole cigarette lighters and tobacco pouches. Police said that about 8.40pm the duo drove to a service station on Stud Road, Rowville, and forced their way through the front doors armed with a metal pole and a box cutter. They stole several items from the counter while a service station attendant locked himself in the staff office. They were wearing dark clothing and one wore a balaclava and the other a bandana. They are described as about 180 to 185 centimetres tall and of thin build.
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