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Brandon City Council approved changes to its bylaw governing solid waste collection on Monday to allow for penalties to be handed out to residents who put contaminated materials in their collection bins or fail to bring their bins back onto their property within 24 hours of waste collection. The changes were first raised by Coun. Bruce Luebke (Ward 6, left), who said earlier this year that much of the organic waste collected in the city's green cart program had to be put in the general landfill collection due to contamination. (Colin Slark/The Brandon Sun)