Resource Recovery and Recycling

Veolia is committed to resource recovery and recycling in Australia which is evidenced through the Resources Put to Beneficial Use indicator. This indicator measures Veolia’s performance in returning resources back into the productive economy. To improve performance in this indicator requires long term commitment from Veolia Environmental Services and the community in the form partnerships to achieve sustainability goals.

Reducing the impacts of waste and unwanted resources on the environment requires changes in the way we as communities purchase and consume goods and changing the way in which we all perceive the unwanted resources once their initial productive life is passed. At Veolia Environmental Services we continue to seek new and innovative ways to improve recycling and re-introduce resources into the productive economy, thereby reducing their impact on the environment.

Veolia has developed several ways in which to deliver Resource Recovery via specialised Resource Recovery Facilities including:

• Composting: Natural Recovery Systems - involves the utilisation of food, organic and green waste which is then processed in in-vessel compost systems.
• Materials Recovery Facilities – Veolia are leaders in glass recycling, plastic bag recycling and paper recycling. Veolia’s Materials Recovery Facilities are used to sort recyclables including glass, plastics, metals and paper, which are then sorted and the non contaminated recyclable material is further processed and converted back into new product.
• Construction Waste Recovery Facilities – Veolia’s facilities sort materials from construction sites using both automated and manual sorting processes to recover materials such as brick, tiles and concrete. The materials are later sent to be used for road base and construction materials.
• Electronic Waste Recovery Facilities – Veolia established Australia’s first nationwide e-waste collection and recovery solution. E-waste collected for recycling undergoes a dismantling process in order to recover materials such as cabling, aluminium, copper, glass and plastics.
• Bioreactor Landfills – Veolia operates two Bioreactors in Australia, which are utilised to generate green energy through the capturing of biogas from municipal waste.
• Alternative Waste Processing Facilities - Alternative Waste processing Facilities are designed to provide councils for innovative technologies which will further recover recyclables, in response Veolia has developed the Woodlawn Alternative Sorting and Processing facility.

Veolia also offers Recycling services for the home, business and Industry.