Recycling and Waste

Melbourne is undoubtedly a nation of coffee drinkers, with a good café never far away for us to get our caffeine fix. While it would be nice to sit down at the local café with a paper and sip on our coffee, the reality is most of us are busy people – on the way…

As the takeaway coffee cup debate continues, it’s great to see that there has been some positive action come out of the Coffee Cup trial that took place in November last year in three office buildings in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Simply Cups -the trial Each office building (which had approximately 700 staff) was installed with…

Unilever is a household name and a brand most of us a probably familiar with. As a company they are committed to circular economy thinking and are continually looking at new ways to prevent their packaging ending up in landfill. As an organisation, Unilever has pledged to make 100% of packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable…

The fifth R of the 5 R’s and the third most preferred option on the Waste Management Hierarchy is ‘Recycling’. Recycling involves the collection of waste materials and processing these into new products – therefore keeping these items out of landfill. For recycling to be effective we must know how to recycle properly. While recycling…

The 3rd R in the 5 R’s of Recycling, and sitting after the most preferred option of ‘Avoid’ on the Waste Management Hierarchy is ‘Reuse’. ‘Reuse’ can be defined as using items more than once and finding new ways to reuse items you would otherwise throw away. Below are 10 tips on how you can…

The 1st R of the 5 R’s and at the ‘most preferred’ end of the Waste Management Hierarchy we have ‘Refuse’ or ‘Avoidance’ – this means to strive to eliminate as much waste as possible at the source. It’s all about thinking before we make our purchases and really considering our needs versus our wants.…

We have all heard of the Waste Management Hierarchy but are we actually clear about what each part means and how we can consider this in our lives? Here’s an infographic of the Waste Management Hierarchy to refamiliarise yourself and we will take the next few posts to break it down into sections and give…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered how long it takes for things to break down in a landfill? After various research, we have found out the approximate decomposition rates for 10 every day items that you should ideally keep out of your general waste! To help you out we have also provided alternative products or disposal methods…

Reducing levels of waste and setting up recycling systems in the workplace should be an important part of business practices today. Our waste management services not only help to protect the environment by reducing waste sent to landfill but they may also limit escalating costs as recycling disposal is lower than landfill. If you have…