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22,537 texts later, Wayne ‘signs off’ BY CHERIE DONNELLAN TRIBUTES have flowed for a man who sent 22,537 texts to sports radio station SEN, earning the moniker Wayne from Geelong. Wayne Fairbrother called the station daily until his death by natural causes at home in North Geelong on September 9. He was 44. Mr Fairbrother often called the station during his shifts driving taxis to discuss his love of the Geelong Cats. His brother, David, told the Independent Mr Fairbrother died peacefully while listening to the radio. “He was in his comfort zone when he passed.” David Fairbrother remembered his brother as a “kind person with the gift of the gab”. “He always knew interesting things other people didn’t, especially about football.” Mr Fairbrother said his brother’s collection of Cats memorabilia was large enough to “open a museum”. Wayne served in the army for 20 years and also worked at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. SEN listeners flooded Twitter with tributes after learning of Mr Fairbrother’s death. Tweeter ‘@MarkFromBacchus’ dubbed him an “SEN legend”. “Your allegiance to the Geelong [football club] was everlasting and uncompromising. We will miss you,” the tweet read. Another tweeter, @LeedsHeartWhite, wrote: “What a horrible, horrible day. Always enjoyed his calls on SEN.
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MAKING MUSIC ON p30 FRIDAY City dumps ‘zero target’ BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG’S council has abandoned its zero-waste target. Councillors voted this week to shelve the target as part of a wide-ranging review of council’s waste management strategy. A council report said its target of a 65 per cent reduction in waste to landfill by 2014 would have to be revised. The reduction would have put council on track to reaching its target of zero waste to landfill. “The (65 per cent) target may still be achievable by improvement and expansion of existing services,” the report said. “It cannot be guaranteed without processing the food element of mixed waste and therefore it is more than likely that this target will have to be revised. “At least it could be said though that (council) had a real go at achieving the current target.” The report said no “silver bullet” was available for processing all organic waste. “Operational solutions to the processing of mixed waste in particular are at least five years away.” The report recommended consolidating existing waste services while awaiting further technological advances. City Hall should maximise environmental and financial benefits from its existing recyclables collection and processing service, the report said. “The City has struggled to establish a sustainable means of processing green organics collected from residential properties.” The report community support for organic waste collection led to “higher than expected quantities collected”. “The City’s green organics has the potential to be of significant value given that the collected material is high quality with a contamination rate of less than one per cent.” Recent collection bin audits indicated about 20 per cent of Geelong’s red mixed waste bins was recyclable material.