Managing the waste generated from shopping centre activities is a crucial aspect of maintaining the centre's efficient operation.
Successful businesses make plans about recruitment, production, supply and distribution chains so it makes sense to also devise a workplace waste management plan.
It's important for cafes, restaurants and other hospitality businesses to consider food waste reduction strategies not only for increased profit margins but to also help the environment.
As the community and customers become more environmentally aware and educated, a business' reputation may be affected by the environmental policies and procedures it has in place.
As well as being beneficial for the environment, reducing business waste can be favourable to a business' bottom line and reputation
The country's largest gathering of waste management and resource recovery professionals attracts leading solution providers across various sectors
The benefits of a circular economy range from rescuing waste from landfill and lowering carbon emissions to adding billions of dollars to GDP and creating thousands of new jobs
Festivals are a summer staple in Australia, however, with thousands of people descending upon a field to soak up the sun and tunes, high volumes of waste are inevitable.
Electronic devices and IT assets often contain hazardous materials but many people don't know where to take their unwanted electronics, so they send them to landfill
Most local councils don't have the resources to collect waste from medium or high-density residential developments, and, therefore, private waste collection is often a condition of development approval.
From mattresses to rugs, couches, cabinets and electrical appliances, a substantial amount of hard waste is dumped in bin rooms and outside multi-unit developments.
When it comes to facilities management, engagement with waste is often multifaceted due to the number of tenants in a building, campus or business precinct.
Over the next 12 months, some major supermarkets will begin removing reusable plastic bags from stores, moving 9,000 tonnes of plastic out of circulation annually.
New research by the CSIRO identifies the local government approaches that have been the most effective in reducing plastic waste on beaches in Australia.
