Recycling of household soft plastics will soon be part of the usual weekly kerbside waste collection across the Central Coast, following Council’s successful trial program which saw 11,000kg diverted from…
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has approached the owners of the Umina Mall asking them to incorporate a Return and Earn reverse vending machine (RVM) into their redevelopment, which is…
With a report on the future of the Kincumber Waste Management Facility set to come back to councillors before the end of the year, another Central Coast business owner has…
[Forum] I am a Wamberal resident potentially affected by the proposed expansion of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, and I have sent the following to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). I oppose…
NSW Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, has encouraged residents in her electorate to make submissions in relation to a currently advertised application for increased waste dumping on Mangrove Mountain. She…
A public muting regarding the an grove Mountain Landfill will be held at tie Mangrove Mountain Hall, from 7pm, on November 28. The Mangrove Mountain and Districts Association is hosting…
Cath Connor, recently announced as the Greens’ candidate for Robertson in the 2019 Federal election, has called for the sitting Member, Lucy Wicks, to stop the Wallarah 2 coal mine….
A leachate holding pond and three sediment ponds were located outside the licensed area of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, according to the Mountain Districts Association (MDA). MDA spokesperson, Stephen Goodwin,…
The Land and Environment Court was yet to determine whether or not it would allow Central Coast Council to join the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in matters brought before…
Council’s Mangrove Mountain and Spencer Advisory Committee has resolved to ask Central Coast Council staff to write to the NSW EPA requesting increased monitoring of surface and groundwater quality at…
Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, has announced that Central Coast Community Council, the peak body for the region’s not-for-profit organisations, would receive $185,497 to help divert food waste from…
[Forum] It has come to my attention that the dump at Central Mangrove has a lot of skeletons and misunderstanding in its history. The folk on the Mountain were genuinely…
Central Coast Council is continuing to implement innovative methods to reduce the amount of waste directed to landfill, with the recent purchase of a specialised, materials handling, excavator. Sorting through…
The Mangrove Mountain and Spencer Advisory Committee held its second meeting at the Mangrove Mountain Hall on Tuesday, February 27. Dr Stephen Goodwin from the Mountain Districts Association said he…
Keep cups, 1,200 in total, have been distributed by Central Coast Council to local cafés, to provide to their customers, free of charge, in an effort to reduce single-use coffee…
Dr Stephen Goodwin of the Mountain Districts Association (MDA) outlined the community’s expectations at the first meeting of the Mangrove Mountain and Spencer Advisory Committee on January 30. “There is…
Central Coast Council chief Mr Brian Bell has been asked to report on best practice for asbestos disposal, amid calls for a tip fee waiver for small amounts and for…
The NSW Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage, Ms Penny Sharpe, has committed to holding a Commission of Inquiry into the Mangrove Mountain Landfill if a Labor Government was elected…
On behalf of Mountain Districts Association and all those who have been fighting Council and the EPA to get Mangrove Mountain Landfill closed and thus prevent the Central Coast drinking…
Central Coast Council has confirmed it, and the former Gosford Council, have been referred to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The referral has been made by the NSW…