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Step up to clean up on 7 March!

Published on 18 February 2021

Clean Up Australia Day is fast approaching, and Rockhampton Regional Council is encouraging groups across the Region to host a site and help keep our community beautiful.

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Adjusted WTS hours from next week

Published on 27 January 2021

Rockhampton Regional Council is reminding residents that new hours at the Gracemere and Mount Morgan Waste Transfer Stations will begin Monday 1 February.

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Adjusted WTS hours from February

Published on 10 December 2020

Rockhampton Regional Council this week decided to roll out new hours at the Gracemere and Mount Morgan Waste Transfer Station starting February 1st.

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St Mary’s celebrated as first ‘Recycling Hero School’

Published on 03 December 2020

Students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School have taken up the challenge to fight for a greener, brighter future and earned their place as our Region’s first ‘Recycling Hero School’.

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Council fires up for the future

Published on 05 November 2020

Rockhampton Region Waste and Recycling (RRWR) has ignited the fire on its journey toward a more sustainable future with the recent installation of an innovative biogas system.

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Council raises its glass to sustainable future

Published on 26 August 2020

Rockhampton Regional Council is paving the road to a zero waste economy with an exciting trial taking place this week on Murray Street.

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Tip Shops to Reopen

Published on 07 May 2020

Following the loosening of some of the COVID-19 restrictions on May 2, Rockhampton Regional Council will trial a reopening of the Lakes Creek Road Waste Management Facility Trendy Trash Shop and the Gracemere Waste Transfer Station’s Tip Shop from Friday 8 May.

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Kids have bin having a wheelie good time

Published on 30 April 2020

Rockhampton Regional Council has confirmed that kids are able to decorate their Council issued wheelie bins during lockdown, providing a fun and creative activity while we all spend more time at home.

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Changes to Gracemere Waste Transfer Station

Published on 17 April 2020

Current measures related to COVID-19 mean that some changes are being made to how the Gracemere Waste Transfer Station operates

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Dispose of green waste for free at Waste Transfer Stations

Published on 20 March 2020

Lawns are looking lush thanks to a few weeks of welcome rain, and many residents are getting out in their yards to mow and trim back growth.

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Residents urged to do the right thing when it comes to waste

Published on 15 January 2020

Rockhampton Regional Council is encouraging residents to be more alert when it comes to disposing their waste correctly, after an incident delayed bin collections in Kawana on Monday.

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Rockhampton Region takes major step toward zero waste

Published on 11 December 2019

Rockhampton Regional Council has taken a major step toward creating a circular economy in our region with the adoption of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2020-2030.

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Rockhampton Regional Council acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past and present, and to our shared future.

Waste and Recycling Latest News

Step up to clean up on 7 March!

Adjusted WTS hours from next week

Adjusted WTS hours from February

St Mary’s celebrated as first ‘Recycling Hero School’

Council fires up for the future

Council raises its glass to sustainable future

Tip Shops to Reopen

Kids have bin having a wheelie good time

Changes to Gracemere Waste Transfer Station

Dispose of green waste for free at Waste Transfer Stations

Residents urged to do the right thing when it comes to waste

Rockhampton Region takes major step toward zero waste

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