A little ray of light has been shed on the Snowy Monaro Regional Council waste management process by former local Sarah Bruns, who is currently visiting her mother in Bombala.
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Ms Bruns left Bombala and travelled overseas before settling in South Australia. While in SA she studied conservation and she is currently working in waste education.
“As someone who grew up in Bombala, I am always happy to return to see the progress,” she said.
“And since the council amalgamation, things have been altered and after speaking to mum and other people in town, I discovered that people in town don’t know very much about it, so I though I would try and shed some light on recycling so that it can be properly embraced.
“Bombala being a small town has its own challenges with facilities and processes available and landfill management has recently changed,” she said.
On January 1, 2018 Snowy Monaro Regional Council introduced fees and charges at Bombala and Delegate Waste Facilities.
“While I understand that paying for waste disposal can be seen negatively, please consider that anything that goes into landfill, sits in that hole in the ground for thousands of years,” she said.
Snowy Monaro Regional Council, Group Manager for Resource and Waste Management Patrick Cannon said that landfill throughout the region was operated by council, but the recycling is being handled by Re-Group in the ACT.
“The community is doing a fantastic job recycling and needs to be commended for how they are handling their waste,” he said.
However, he agreed that the community could use more information about what’s recyclable and what’s not.
“We are currently working with Re-Group about bringing a 3D virtual reality tour of Re-Group’s ACT facility to Bombala to show at schools,” he said.
Information about recycling is on council’s website.