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South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto and Cherbourg Mayor Elvie Sandow … recycling is a win\/win for the whole region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just a reminder … what can (in black) and can’t (in red) be put into the yellow recycling bins (Graphic: CASC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 23, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Elvie Sandow and Mayor Brett Otto are in furious agreement … the SBRC’s new recycling program is benefiting both the Cherbourg community and the South Burnett region.<\/p>\n

For Cherbourg, it means jobs.\u00a0For the South Burnett, it means eliminating thousands of tonnes of waste each year from the region’s rapidly filling landfills.<\/p>\n

Opening new landfills that meet the State Government’s statutory requirements is a very expensive process, and one the South Burnett Regional Council would like to delay for as long as possible.<\/p>\n

South Burnett councillors and council staff recently joined Cherbourg councillors and staff at the Cherbourg Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) to inspect the recycling process.<\/b><\/p>\n

They watched a JJ Richards truck bring in a load of recycling left in yellow bins in the Blackbutt area.<\/p>\n

The truck deftly dumped the items in a pile inside the MRF facility.<\/p>\n

From there, the items made their way up conveyors to the sorting level where the Cherbourg employees were stationed, ready to start sifting through the material.<\/p>\n

The only hiccup identified so far is some people putting their recyclables inside plastic bags or using wheelie bin liners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“That’s been the main issue,” Mayor Otto said.<\/p>\n

“Please don’t use plastic bags or bin liners. Just put the stuff in the wheelie bins loose.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Otto said the South Burnett would have found it very challenging to introduce recycling if Cherbourg Council had not been so advanced to take it on board.<\/p>\n

“It has benefited the whole South Burnett.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Sandow said the MRF had proven that even a small community such as Cherbourg could play a major role regionally.<\/p>\n

One truck a day is now delivering recyclables to Cherbourg, and Economic Development Manager Sean Nicholson said the plant was handling it very well.<\/p>\n