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Katherine Mayor Lis Clark says 250 homes will get to take part in a recycling trial over the next six months · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Some pretty exciting news for Catherine residents with a six
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  Speaker 1: month trial being launched of recycling. So while some Darwin
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  Speaker 1: residents obviously take recycling for granted, we know that it's
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  Speaker 1: available to us, it's not available to other regional parts
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  Speaker 1: of the Northern Territory and certainly to more remote parts
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  Speaker 1: of the Northern Territory due to those high transport costs
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  Speaker 1: and other barriers. Now joining me on the line to
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  Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more about this trial is
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  Speaker 1: the Mayor Liz Clark. Good morning to you, Liz.
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  Speaker 2: I have a good morning Katie and good morning listeners.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning. Liz, tell
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  Speaker 1: us how's this trial? What sparked the trial? Firstly, we have.
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  Speaker 2: Had a lot of residents asking the Council to do
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  Speaker 2: do recycling, particularly if they come from areas in other
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  Speaker 2: parts of Australia where recycling is you know, as part
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  Speaker 2: of everyday life. But as you pointed out, it is
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  Speaker 2: very expensive in the North to do recycling and you know,
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  Speaker 2: to you know that we do have to. We are
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  Speaker 2: trialing it to see what the costs are involved and
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  Speaker 2: you know, get people into the habit of recycling.
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  Speaker 1: Liz, how's it going to work for the residents of Catherine.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well, the residents that we've got a certain area
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  Speaker 2: in Cathereraniese that is going to that they'll be given
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  Speaker 2: a bin with also with the instructions of what goes,
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  Speaker 2: what can and can't go into the bin. It will
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  Speaker 2: be audited and monitored regularly. It will be picked up
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  Speaker 2: by empty bins. They will take it back to their
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  Speaker 2: depot reef and do the sorting out and then a
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  Speaker 2: certain you know, whatever is not being able to use
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  Speaker 2: will go to Darwin.
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  Speaker 1: And so how so how have you sort of determined
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  Speaker 1: which area to trial and and you know which times
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  Speaker 1: are going to be able to take part.
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  Speaker 2: We have an area in Catrineas so it's like in
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  Speaker 2: a circle, so it's easier for the track to go around.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got I can name the streets we've got.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got Gregory Circuit, Patterson Circuit, Cyprus Street, Casuarina Street,
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  Speaker 2: Cormac Street, Bradshaw Crescent, hand Or Street in Skip Crescent
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  Speaker 2: and Stacey Road. And that's two hundred and fifty houses
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  Speaker 2: in that area. So and the trial starts on the
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  Speaker 2: we'll be starting on the twenty first of June, the
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  Speaker 2: bins will be empty fortnightly. So it's a six month
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  Speaker 2: trial to see how, you know, how residents respond, how
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  Speaker 2: well they're going to learn how to recycle. So it's
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  Speaker 2: an exciting time for us because we do recycle, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we do recycle quite a few other things, but this
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  Speaker 2: will be coming straight from the home instead of everyone
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  Speaker 2: putting everything into one bin.
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  Speaker 1: And something that I guess for us in Dahom we
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  Speaker 1: take for granted, Liz, because we think, all right, well
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  Speaker 1: we can you know, put that in the recycling and
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  Speaker 1: you separate everything. Whereas for you guys in Catherine, there's
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  Speaker 1: probably people listening around other parts of the territory this
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  Speaker 1: morning thinking, oh, I didn't realize that they don't actually
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  Speaker 1: have the capacity to do that or the ability to
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  Speaker 1: do that.
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  Speaker 2: No, it has always been an issue and again it's
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  Speaker 2: a cost factor across this area of the territory, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And so yeah, we're really really happy to trial this
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  Speaker 2: and if it's successful, of course, then we will look
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  Speaker 2: at making it more permanent, but we have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of work to do before that happens. So we've got
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  Speaker 2: six months of that trial happening, and that'll give us
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  Speaker 2: also gives us an idea of how much we save
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  Speaker 2: because our waste management facilities probably got about ten years
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  Speaker 2: of life left and if we can save a bit
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  Speaker 2: more going into landfill, it would be it would be wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, right, so it could be long term a good
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  Speaker 1: decision to make.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, It'll like if this is successful, then you know,
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  Speaker 2: then we can roll it out right across our community
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  Speaker 2: and and again sable that landfill. Yeah that I think
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  Speaker 2: that that's the end game anyway.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Liz, what will you sort of what will
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  Speaker 1: you be looking at to deem whether it is or
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  Speaker 1: isn't a successful trial.
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  Speaker 2: There will be data and as I said, the bins
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  Speaker 2: are going to be like the bins, and what's in
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  Speaker 2: the truck will be audited on a regular basis, and
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  Speaker 2: it will you know, they'll be collecting all of this
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  Speaker 2: data to determine because the other thing is too that
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  Speaker 2: if someone does the wrong thing and puts a contaminant
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  Speaker 2: in that bin, then of course it can't be recycled.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, it is a huge educational learning curve
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  Speaker 2: for a lot of residents. But we're hoping people seem
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  Speaker 2: to be keen, so you know, we're really excited that
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  Speaker 2: it is going ahead and hopefully it will continue in
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  Speaker 2: the future.
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  Speaker 1: And with the educating of those residents. Is that something
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  Speaker 1: that the council is doing sort of with those that
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  Speaker 1: are taking part in the trial, going out and saying
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  Speaker 1: to them, look, these are the things that you can
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  Speaker 1: put in there, this is what you're going to have
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  Speaker 1: to do, all those types of dos and don'ts.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, there'll be and as well they'll be given
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  Speaker 2: a flyer as well that has, you know, has a
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  Speaker 2: picture of all the different things that they can put
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  Speaker 2: in the bin and what can't go in the bin. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So yes, so all of those things will be available
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  Speaker 2: to the people that are in the trial.
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  Speaker 1: Liz, before I let you go, I understand, and please
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  Speaker 1: correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that the
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  Speaker 1: state funeral for fey Miller is happening this Friday. Is
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  Speaker 1: that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? Absolutely, It starts at ten thirty the Anglican Church
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  Speaker 2: in meth Street. Yes, and it's this this this Friday.
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  Speaker 2: And in Catherine, we're having a memorial service for her
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  Speaker 2: out at the Catherine out Back. A Catherine Outback are
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  Speaker 2: hosting on the second of June.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that is beautiful to hear that it'll be at
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  Speaker 1: five point thirty. Yeah, I mean, I think that everybody
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  Speaker 1: would agree that Faye was an incredible woman, an incredible
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  Speaker 1: advocate for Catherine and indeed the whole of the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 1: And I have no doubt that you guys will be
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  Speaker 1: remembering her very fondly.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, she was a very colorful woman. And yes, and
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  Speaker 2: she did a lot of work for the particularly in tourism,
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  Speaker 2: you know, trying to get Catherine out up there for
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  Speaker 2: you know, for all over Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I know that there will be plenty of
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  Speaker 1: people who are keen to head along to that state
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  Speaker 1: funeral to pay their respects. She touched a lot of
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  Speaker 1: lives in the territory. Thank you so much, Liz for
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  Speaker 1: time this morning. I really appreciate you having a chat
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  Speaker 1: with us.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you