Anglicare and Zero Waste SA
Waste slashed as Anglicare cuts landfill
In just two months Anglicare SA has achieved a remarkable turnaround in the amount of waste it sends to landfill. The amount of general waste diverted from landfill has been increased from about 20% to more than 70% in a program that has lessons for many large organisations with multiple sites.
Anglicare operates more than 30 facilities across Adelaide, including aged care homes, child care centres and emergency accommodation for the homeless.
Anglicare joined Zero Waste SA's Resource Efficiency Assistance Program which provided advice and funding for a waste review and evaluation of contractors to find one that could support the environmental priorities. The organisation is now working on an Australia-first initiative to remove the one remaining major waste stream that still goes to landfill – incontinence pads. If successful, Anglicare believes it will help resolve a significant national waste problem.
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