Waste Converters ’ increase landfill levies services have been a proven success for businesses and the environment.
"The phones are ringing hot! Last year we diverted 50,000 tonnes of commercial and building waste from landfill. If July is anything to go by we could potentially recycle 60,000 tonnes in this financial year" says Waste Converters Managing Director, Ward Petherbridge.
The Victorian Government have been progressively increasing landfill levies from the industry levy at $4 per tonne in 2001 to $44 per tonne in 2011. It is set to increase up to $58.50 per tonne by 2015. This levy increase has also raised the tipping fees at landfills around Melbourne, Victoria.
"For too long valuable materials have been squandered because there was no incentive for business to avoid landfill. It was just so cheap to dump" says Petherbridge.
"When we started, we really only attracted businesses who were committed to sustainable practice. With the steadily increasing landfill levies there is a commercial as well as ethical incentive for recycling. Using our recycling services is now much cheaper than landfill. It is a real boost for the industry."
Waste Converters accepts timber, garden, construction and demolition waste. The recycled products developed from the waste include timber products such as pallets, crates, boxes and pegs, as well as aggregate, mulch, compost and topsoil.