In December this year East Waste will commission South Australia’s first fully electric-powered waste collection truck. East Waste Chairman Brian Cunningham said the new truck will replace a diesel-powered truck and, with zero emissions, remove from our suburban streets the polluting equivalent of 20 vehicles generating 63 tonnes of carbon Read more…
To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week 5-11 May, Jeffries are providing a ‘Buy one, get one FREE’ offer for 30 Litre Jeffries Organic Compost. Why waste it? Get your free bag and grow something amazing! To redeem simply add two or more bags of Jeffries Organic Compost to your cart Read more…
The latest release of the My Local Services App includes a number of updates, most notably the enhanced spotlights with recycling and waste notifications developed as a result of a collaboration with East Waste, Research & Development Scheme and the Local Government Association of South Australia. This enhancement aims to Read more…
The resources that we collect on behalf of East Waste’s seven Member Council’s are processed at Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) Resource Recovery Centre. They are already directing about 80% of materials to domestic remanufacturing facilities and aim to have 100% of materials reprocessed within Australia by 2020. Click Read more…
Happy Birthday to us all! Founded on 19 July 1928 and originally comprising of the Corporations of Kensington & Norwood and St. Peters and the District Councils of Burnside, Payneham and Walkerville, East Waste was originally known as the East Torrens Municipal Destructor Trust. In 1993 our name changed to Read more…
East Waste Support SIDS 26/8/2018 A noticeable addition to East Waste’s truck fleet will be seen over the coming weeks as we take part in Red Nose Day to help the SIDS and Kids charity. East Waste’s CEO Rob Gregory said he was supportive of Red Nose Day and its Read more…
INSPIRED by the electric vehicle success of a New Zealand rubbish behemoth, South Australian firm East Waste is making plans to pioneer a similar movement on this side of the Tasman. In what is believed to be an Australian first, East Waste is exploring the viability of running a fleet of Read more…
Even with the impact of the costs associated with recycling, it is still economically and environmentally a far more viable alternative than disposal to landfill here in South Australia. The big issue is contamination and we all need to refocus our efforts on keeping contaminants out. Click here to read Read more…
You may have seen in the media recently stories concerning the China Sword and the impact it is having on the global recycling market. With some of the reports misleading, it is important to know that recycling is still economically and environmentally beneficial to undertake. Click here to read more.
Click here to read the article 26 March 2018, on page 15 of The Advertiser – East Waste looking at electric garbage trucks powered by renewable energy: regarding our draft 18/19 Annual Plan proposal to investigate the feasibility of electric vehicles and power storage. “We are continually looking for new technology Read more…