As a restaurant owner or manager, you’d be well aware of the mass amount of waste that your business produces. The hospitality industry is one of Australia’s largest contributors to waste, and reducing its contribution is beneficial for two major reasons – it protects the environment and saves your business a great deal of money. […]

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Have you noticed your waste management fees increase in the past couple of months? Providers commonly sneak up their costs at least once or twice each year, and this often happens around the mid-year mark. Waste collection fees can represent a sizeable cost for businesses, especially considering it’s an absolute necessity to keep your business […]

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Have you noticed your waste management fees piling up lately? Or perhaps you think it’s time to review your plan to determine where you can save money. Here are four pieces of industry advice to reduce your business’ waste expenses. 1. Set goals Goal setting is important for any business aspect, and it’s no exception […]

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Introducing waste management in Australian primary schools is important for improving a community’s quality of life. Educating children on how to act sustainably with waste benefits the environment, not only for today, but also for our future. Additionally, correct waste segregation and reduction methods significantly reduces costs for the school. A majority of the waste […]

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Last month, Australia’s largest airline company, Qantas, flew the first-ever zero waste commercial flight from Sydney to Adelaide. The route, which usually produces 34 kgs of waste per flight, or 150 tonnes of waste per year, included a range of reusable, recyclable, and compostable alternatives to inflight products. The flight demonstrated alternatives for approximately 1,000 […]

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Last month, in a two-week United Nations conference held in Switzerland, Australia was one of 187 countries to agree to amend the Basel Convention to include plastic waste in its initiatives. The Basel Convention is an international treaty that controls the movement of hazardous waste between countries, particularly from developed nations to underdeveloped nations. The […]

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