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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 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 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