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Help support public libraries in need by recycling unwanted books rather than throwing them away.
Central Highlands Regional Council’s co-ordinator Libraries Kira Nuss said the libraries had partnered with the James Bennett Sustainability Project to offer book recycling collection across the region.
The project is a green initiative created to assist libraries in disposing of all unwanted library material, by donating to communities in need, recycling into items or reselling them to generate funds for libraries to purchase new books or services.
“Our libraries continuously fill their shelves with the latest bestsellers and publications for their visitors,” Ms Nuss said.
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Central Queenslanders, with the rest of the country, have endured an entirely disrupted year since coronavirus reached Australian shores in January.
While the Queensland lockdown slowed property sales across the Central Highlands in April, sales were up for the rest of the year, with 250 property sales in Emerald alone.
The most expensive sale of the year bought buyers a well-kept Queenslander on a 40 acre allotment with full direct river frontage.
Located about halfway between Emerald and Fairbairn Dam, 1007-1035 Selma Rd sold for $850,000 on August 4.
The five bedroom, three bathroom house boasts a corner veranda around two sides, polished timber floors and a resort style pool.
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Central Highlands Regional Council is on track to deliver another $80 million of capital works this financial year, continuing to build local communities and ensuring all its utilities are well managed.
While there are many projects on the horizon for 2021, the largest is the continuation of the Emerald airport upgrade, improving the security and usability of the facility.
Although the one thing Mayor Kerry Hayes is hoping for next year is rain, and to overcome the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
âWithout restating the obvious, 2020 was disruptive, difficult and sometimes divisive, however, our response to its challenges was exemplary and extraordinary,â he said.