The Cedars Road gas flaring installation.
The gas that naturally occurs in some local landfills could soon be turned into power as Bundaberg Regional Council investigates options for its gas flaring facilities.
Gas flaring at the Cedars Road and University Drive waste facilities has extracted more than 41 million cubic metres of potentially harmful methane gas since being installed.
Currently that methane gas, which is a natural byproduct of the decomposition process, is flared as carbon dioxide, which is 28 times less harmful to the environment.
But Waste and Recycling portfolio spokesperson Cr Tanya McLoughlin said Council was investigating options to put that gas to more productive use.
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sites right across the country to participate in the annual Clean Up Australia Day campaign. What started over 30 years ago by an average Australian bloke Ian Kiernan, who had a simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard has now become the nation s largest community-based environmental event. Over the events lifetime, more than 18.3 million Australians have donated their time as part of Clean Up Australia Day activities. BUNDABERG 4WD CLUB: Members receiving instructions before the clean-up. The Burrum Coast National Park and in particular the Kinkuna camping Zone was our main area targeted again this year as well as the main access tracks into the park.
The opportunity to be included in a local ag tech precinct has led to one of the region s largest names in agriculture pulling the pin on a proposed three-storey development. Greensill Farming have withdrawn an application lodged with the Bundaberg Regional Council for an office building in Qunaba but say the timing has nothing to do with Greensill Capital entering voluntary administration last week. According to documentation the determination date for the Change (Other) for Material Change of Use for Office development application decision was March 10, 2021. Greensill Farming CEO Damien Botha said as part of an exciting opportunity locally, the company was now co-located at the Bargara AgTech Precinct with Burnett Mary Regional Group and CQUniversity instead.
Bundaberg and District Neighbourhood Centre s Corrie McColl, Dianne Hicks and Maggie Xu are ready for Harmony Week.
The region s rich multicultural heritage will be celebrated at two Bundaberg and District Neighbourhood Centre Harmony Week events this week.
The region’s population is growing increasingly diverse and this development will be reflected in cultural events, honouring Harmony Week, to be hosted at the Bundaberg Neighbourhood Centre today and the Windmill Café Bargara on Saturday.
Corrie McColl, Bundaberg and District Neighbourhood Centre manager, said this week’s events were designed to reflect the goals of Harmony Week.
“Harmony Week was originally Harmony Day, and it was started in 1999 to, in short, create increased awareness about the social inclusion of people from different cultures and countries in Australia,” he said.
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