Sustainability Stories - Waste Management Ideas in Australia

  When business leaders think of waste management, they often focus on the negatives—costs, waste, and unpleasant odors. They worry about the financial burden and the environmental impact, both of which seem to be perpetually increasing. However, there's a transformative perspective to consider: sustainability. By adopting sustainable practices, businesses can significantly reduce the overall cost of waste management and mitigate environmental damage. Waste Management: A Transformative Approach If we only consider the financial cost of waste, we risk overlooking numerous other critical factors. A comprehensive approach to waste management can reveal opportunities to enhance business processes, reduce risks, ensure compliance, and lower overheads. The Hidden Value in a Bin of Rubbish Consider a bin filled with various types of waste. For example, stacks of discarded documents might contain private customer information, supplier costs, or internal memos. If these documents are simply...

The Fine Art of Facility Management: Pests and Vermin Facility management is often an intricate art form, balancing service quality and budget constraints. In this post, we focus primarily on managing pests and vermin, a critical aspect of maintaining a facility. Over the years, we've engaged with numerous facility management professionals. Each one has their unique approach to handling facility services and budgets. Generally, these approaches can be categorized into three distinct philosophies: Service-Oriented : These managers prioritize service quality. They are willing to spend reasonably to ensure services are timely and executed correctly. Cost-Focused : This group aims to minimize costs wherever possible. They prefer cheaper services and avoid unnecessary expenses. Value-Seeking : The rarest of the three, these managers strive to balance cost and quality. They seek the highest-grade services at the lowest possible prices. However...

  It’s morning in Sydney New South Wales. The sun rises over the iconic Opera House as the ferries chug steadily by, to and from from Circular Quay. The traffic trundles over the Coathanger – otherwise known as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney’s office workers start their working days, with cups of takeaway coffee tucked in their spare hands. But this isn’t really the start of the day. Oh no. Rewind back about six or eight hours, to about midnight. In the office towers, the cleaners are finishing cleaning up after the day. The pubs are busy, the restaurants are closing. And the bins are full. A fleet of waste trucks is patrolling the city streets and laneways, visiting business after business, like huge, metal bees visiting strange flowers after dark. To many people, waste trucks and garbage removal is an annoyance. In fact, it’s a necessity. And the way its done today is far more efficient and safe than perhaps at any time in human history.   From the early days of...

Is there a reason for businesses to go green?  Is there a reason not to? In this post we explore some of the benefits to a business "Going Green" - we actually consider there is so many upsides there is really no reason NOT to Go Green!   Another way of saying the business case for going green – is to say, the business case for sustainability. Or perhaps even the business case for preserving the bio diversity we have, keeping species from going extinct, minimising climate change and keeping the planet alive. Remember when saving the world meant saving it from some evil arch overlord who was bent on world domination? It seems we have achieved that. Not the saving the world part but we, as a species have certainly achieved domination over the natural environment in all its might. So does that make us the evil that the world needs saving from? There is an argument that could be made on that all righ t. A case, you could say. Now lets talk business. There are three main...

  Running a big facility like a huge building or a manufacturing plant? It's definitely a juggling act! You've got all these different folks using the space – let's call them stakeholders, because that's the fancy term nowadays. And guess what? Each one of them has their own wants, needs, and expectations. Now, here's where it gets interesting for the facility manager : you've gotta balance all these desires with the bottom line of keeping the place profitable and following the rules. When you think of a building, profit might not be the first thing that pops into your head. But the truth is, running a building costs money, and those folks renting out space? They're paying for it. Sometimes the building owners handle all the bills and just charge the tenants their share, and sometimes everyone pays separately. Let's talk trash, shall we? Waste management might not seem like a big deal, but it's actually super important. If it's a pain to deal wit...

 There.  We started This is a blog all about Sustainability and waste management.  Both have a huge role to play in terms of what sort of planet we leave behind for the next generation.  As we think of relevant items, or come across them in our travels, we will publish them here! Thanks for calling by - it shows you care! 2024 Update Wow - after first publishing this page back in 2021 the world sure has changed. Not always for the better. From an environmental perspective though, there has been some positive change. We keep an eye on a number of news sites that report on sustainability items. It's pretty clear that the planet is in one of the greatest environmental crises ever. And yet, back in 2021 we would go about things the same as before, like a slow march of lemmings towards an inevitable fate.  But it didn't have to be that way. So many people for so long have railed about this, waved placards, protested, and so on. Then many jumped back in their cars and...