REMONDIS Australia releases first Sustainability Report

Highlights of REMONDIS Australia’s 2021 sustainability performance include

• 2021 total diversion of recyclable rates of 1,937 tonnes of plastic, 5,856 tonnes of steel, 82,684 tonnes of cardboard and paper and 4,769 tonnes of paint
• The commissioning of a Resource Recovery Line at REMONDIS’ Rocklea Resource Recovery Facility to accelerate cardboard, plastic, timber, glass and metal recovery and reduce such materials going to landfill. In 2021 the newly commissioned line achieved a 12% diversion by weight of such materials
• Registered three Emissions Reduction Fund projects, at Swanbank and Springmount
• Government approvals enabling progression of REMONDIS’ $22 million Tomago Resource Recovery facility at Tomago, near Newcastle.
• Environmental licence amendments enabling expansion of environmentally sound hazardous waste collection and treatment services, at REMONDIS’ Dandenong South, Swanbank and Northgate facilities
• Multiple social inclusion initiatives, including a partnership with Busy Ability at REMONDIS’ Rocklea Resource Recovery Facility in Queensland, resulting in the employment of socially disadvantaged picking staff. REMONDIS also partnered with indigenous-owned JAI-MEC Rural Contracting, creating a new company, Red Earth Industrial Services, which focuses on domestic waste collection and is intended to provide diversified industrial services across Cape York