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Social enterprise TradeMutt turns mental health conversations into the talk of the town

Communities - Our People - Partnerships

June 23, 2022

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“Cleanaway is an awesome company that have started plenty of conversations through their TradeMutt shirts.”

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“Cleanaway is an awesome company that have started plenty of conversations through their TradeMutt shirts.”

When former tradies Dan Allen and Ed Ross founded workwear brand TradeMutt in 2018, little did they know that they would ignite a nationwide mental health movement.

A year after they launched TradeMutt, Dan and Ed founded This Is A Conversation Starter (TIACS) a free mental health chat, text and callback service for industrial workers. The service was initially funded by TradeMutt shirt profits and has provided 6,541 hours of free mental health counselling to 8,226 Australians to date.

Recently, the TIACS Alliance was formed to allow industry leaders to make donations directly to TIACS which expands its reach to even more people in need of mental health support.

TIACS is just one of the mental health initiatives kickstarted by TradeMutt. The social enterprise has plans to introduce Funky Shirt Fridays as a positive Australian working tradition and encourage Aussie workers to check in with each other on a weekly basis.

Pictured: TradeMutt co-founders Ed Ross (left) and Dan Allen (right) sporting their characteristically colourful work shirts.

TradeMutt was recently certified as a social enterprise by Social Traders and has been one of Cleanaway’s social enterprise suppliers since 2021. The idea came from Narangba refinery operator Matt Purontakanen, who found TradeMutt through their blog and proceeded to introduce the social enterprise to Cleanaway.

“I’ve dealt with depression and suicide in my family, so mental health is a topic close to my heart,” said Matt.

“I’m glad I had a chance to talk to my colleagues and mates during my worst times, or I wouldn’t be here today. I love the idea behind TradeMutt because they give so many people that opportunity.”

Senior Human Resource Business Partner Katie Foster echoed Matt’s sentiments.

“Our partnership with TradeMutt helps us create a safe space for our employees to start conversations early and share their stories with each other,” said Katie during the launch of the partnership at Cleanaway’s Narangba hazardous liquids site.

Pictured: Matt (front row, left) and Katie (back row, second from right) posing with the Cleanaway Narangba team during the launch of the TradeMutt partnership. TradeMutt’s Dan and Ed are next to Matt in the front row.

In 2021, Cleanaway and TradeMutt kicked off with an initial order of 1,000 high vis shirts featuring a custom design created for Cleanaway by TradeMutt. This year an additional order of 1,374 high vis shirts and 290 corporate shirts was made.

Cleanaway has since made another order after many sizes immediately went into backorder including both high vis and corporate shirts, to spark mental health conversations on site, off site and even online.

Social media posts featuring our recently retired COO Brendan Gill in full TradeMutt gear were hugely popular and received dozens of comments and reactions from employees, customers and business partners alike.

Pictured: Former Cleanaway COO Brendan Gill in a custom print TradeMutt corporate shirt (left) and high vis shirt (right).

The eye-catching workwear has since been spotted in the wild at various Cleanaway sites including at our Milton corporate office. The Milton team marked their first day back in the office this year by proudly donning their TradeMutt shirts.

Pictured: Collections Team Leader Nicolle Hewat (left) and Collections Coordinator Mark Moorhouse (right) in their TradeMutt shirts.

Cleanaway’s past and proposed uniform spend with TradeMutt equates to an estimated 60 hours of TIACS counselling for approximately 76 people. 52% of them would be first-time callers. The nature of these calls includes relationship issues, anxiety, stress, depression and trauma.

“Cleanaway is an awesome company that have started plenty of conversations through their TradeMutt shirts,” said TradeMutt co-founder Dan, who started the social enterprise after unexpectedly losing a young friend to suicide in 2016.

“They’re doing a fine job with driving a much needed social and cultural shift around mental health within their organisation, industry and community at large.”

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.

Cleanaway bolsters environmental and social impact with Soft Landing

Communities - Partnerships - Resource Recovery

June 15, 2022

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“Partnering with Cleanaway helps us in our mission to create stable and meaningful jobs for people who are experiencing barriers to employment. Every day we see first-hand the positive impact that having a job can have on a person’s life.”

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The Australian Stewardship Council estimates that nearly two million mattresses are discarded by households each year. Most of the mattresses head straight to landfill, marking a premature end for tonnes of recyclable steel, foam and timber.

Soft Landing is working to turn this problem on its head by diverting mattresses from landfill while providing stable employment to refugees, asylum seekers and long-term unemployed.

Last year, the social enterprise recycled 538,000 mattresses. For every 35 mattresses collected and recycled, a job is created for someone in need.

It was this social mission that initially brought Cleanaway and Soft Landing together in 2018. The two companies have since shared a close working relationship to make mattress recycling accessible to Australians while offering opportunities to disadvantaged groups.

Pictured: Kolimullah (left) is a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar while Akhil (right) is originally from Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. Both came through to Soft Landing via a refugee and resettlement process operated with federal funding by Settlement Services International.

In early 2022, Cleanaway took it up a notch by formally entering into a procurement agreement with Soft Landing, making them our biggest social enterprise contractor. The agreement opens up Soft Landing’s mattress collection service to residents in Victoria (Brimbank, Cardinia, Dandenong, Hobson Bay, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Melton, Moonee Valley and Mornington) and Western Australia (Bayswater, Joondalup, Malaga, Mandurah and Perth Metro).

Residents in these regions can make bookings for kerbside mattress collections at standardised rates via their local councils. Residents can also make bulk drop-offs for Soft Landing at selected Cleanaway transfer stations in the two states, making it possible to recycle mattresses, furniture and white goods all at one place.

Pictured: Lee is a migrant from Malaysia who joined Soft Landing in 2019 to accommodate the social enterprise’s increasing manual recycling processes. Lee still works at the Smithfield, NSW site along with his colleagues Kolimullah and Akhil.

“We use local suppliers wherever possible and support the communities that we work in. We also see that in Cleanaway.”

“As part of our commitment to making a sustainable future possible together with the communities where we operate, Cleanaway is always looking to strengthen our partnerships with social enterprises such as Soft Landing, as well as with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned enterprises,” says Ezra Clough, Cleanaway’s Head of Procurement.

“Our tendering process prefers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suppliers, while our social procurement framework is set up to prioritise and increase our ethical sourcing engagement and spend. Between January 2021 and January 2022, our spend for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned businesses was $9.8 million and social enterprises was $3.8 million. We’re working to grow these figures over time.”

Learn more about how we’re bringing to life Cleanaway’s mission for our customers, shareholders, community and the planet in our 2022 Sustainability Report.

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.

‘Operation Collect’ sweeps 100,000 tonnes of waste from flood-impacted Brisbane

Communities - Our Services - Partnerships - Resource Recovery

May 3, 2022

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Cleanaway and Brisbane City Council (BCC) sprang into action to assist in the flood clean-up operations to manage over 100,000 tonnes of waste that was generated by the flooding, including the use of temporary sites to remove flood waste from Brisbane’s streets as part of ‘Operation Collect’.

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On the morning of 28 February 2022, record volumes of rain caused the Brisbane River to peak at its highest level since 2011 and within three days, up to 18,000 homes across southeast Queensland were inundated.

Pictured: Adrian Schrinner, Brisbane Lord Mayor addresses media to discuss ‘Operation Collect’ at Cleanaway’s Mt Coot-tha temporary site.

As most of the commercial waste infrastructure in the region was impacted by the floods, BCC commissioned seven temporary resource recovery centres across the city to assist residents with stockpiling waste from recovery and clean-up work.

Cleanaway operated three of these temporary sites, with Mt Coot-tha and Eagle Farm being the two largest sites set up for ‘Operation Collect’.

Pictured: Residents queuing up to unload flood waste at Chandler Resource Recovery Centre, one of the facilities operated by Cleanaway.

Pictured: Cleanaway staff using loaders to gather flood waste in the surge pit at Willawong Resource Recovery Centre. Surge pits provide temporary waste storage space during counter disaster operations.

Cleanaway operates five facilities for BCC – Brisbane Landfill at Rochedale and four resource recovery centres at Chandler, Ferny Grove, Nudgee and Willawong. During the flood crisis, we expanded our efforts to operate 10 facilities in total, including the three temporary resource recovery centres set up specially for ‘Operation Collect’.

BCC commissioned Cleanaway to operate two former landfills in Nudgee and Willawong. Together with Brisbane Landfill and resource recovery centres in Nudgee and Willawong, we were able to facilitate after-hours disposal and bulk haulage transfer 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

We also offered a bespoke household hazardous waste collection service for the council’s street clean-up crews. A dedicated phone number was created for the crews to call the Cleanaway hotline whenever hazardous waste was identified at any of the temporary resource recovery centres. Our Liquid and Technical Services team from Narangba was on hand to assist with this service.

Pictured: Cleanaway’s Narangba Liquid and Technical Services team members inspecting hazardous waste before removing it from the Mt Coot-tha temporary site.

Pictured: Cleanaway fleet delivering flood waste collected from the Resource Recovery Centres to Brisbane Landfill.

During the peak of the flood recovery efforts, we tripled our workforce from 89 employees to approximately 250, including external contractors.

We deployed skilled labour from other Cleanaway sites such as New Chum and Bowhill Road. We were also supported by our Queensland Solid Waste Services teams who provided extra drivers required for the non-stop operations.

Our regional managers, safety and environment business partners and finance and administration teams were all hands on deck to ensure coordination and management of the clean-up effort.

Cleanaway processed approximately 80% to 90% of the 100,000 tonnes of flood waste with residual volumes handled by external facilities contracted by BCC. The operation ran for a total of six weeks, starting in late February and ending in early April.

Pictured: Cleanaway’s high productivity B-double vehicles tipping flood waste at Brisbane Landfill.

Each year, Cleanaway manages over half a million tonnes of waste and recyclables for BCC – the largest local government in Australia.

Cleanaway and BCC officially entered into the Resource Recovery Innovation Alliance (RRIA) in 2018 to manage the city’s post collection infrastructure including the operation of the Brisbane Landfill and four resource recovery centres in Chandler, Ferny Grove, Nudgee and Willawong. RRIA also oversees the bulk logistics of waste and resources flows within this network as well as with third party facilities.

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.

Working together to Clean Up Australia

Communities - Our People

March 21, 2022

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"It’s a beautiful place we live in - next year we are hoping to get more locals involved as it is a great education to actually see how much rubbish you find when you’re walking or just driving by."

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This Clean Up Australia Day, Cleanaway team members worked closely with local community organisations and family members, from helping residents “clean up” their waste to taking a walk down a beautiful stretch of road to pick up litter. Here are their stories:

Black Rock Gardens, Victoria
Key Account Manager Ash Inglis was joined by teammates Aaron Schulze, Gregory Vournechis, Lilli McCubbin and their families to clean up Black Rock Gardens and its surrounds. She had a great time and noted, “We only found a few face masks which was both pleasing and puzzling as we thought there would be lots. Plenty of soft plastic wrappers, wet wipes, bottles and cans though!”

The team takes a final photo with the rubbish they collected

Riverland, South Australia
Operations Supervisor Matt Coombes (also known as Matty) and post collections worker Tony Ebert joined the local SA Monash Country Fire Service Brigade at 8AM on a lovely Sunday morning for another successful Clean Up Australia event. Matty said they were hoping to get more people involved next year, “It’s a beautiful place we live in – next year we are hoping to get more locals involved as it is a great education to actually see how much rubbish you find when you’re walking or just driving by.”

Post Clean Up Australia Day group photo with the SA Monash Country Fire Service Brigade

Biodiversity Park, South Australia
The team was pleasantly surprised by the condition of the first site they visited. Resource Recovery Officer Jess Jones said, “We visit this site every year for Clean Up as it is a common illegal dumping ground. However, we were all stoked to see the area focused on last year remain relatively clear of waste.”

The team with their “haul” of rubbish picked up

They then moved on to other hotspots and removed car tyres, roofing tiles, corrugated iron, polystyrene foam and more. Resource Recovery Officer Georgette Hawes summarised the day’s haul, “We collected more than 20 bags and found lots of construction waste such as metal and plastic fencing, concrete and bricks. Some unusual items included a fibre glass side skirt off a car, a wall mounted air conditioner and lots of plastic piping that had been stripped of metals inside.”

Western Sydney Parklands, New South Wales
The team spent a lovely lovely day cleaning up Lizard Log in Western Sydney Parklands. Theresa Troup recounts, “We were lucky enough to have a break in the rain – we even got a little bit of sun. It was a great way for some of our NSW Sustainability Team members to come together.”

From left to right: Theresa Troup, Maria Juchkov, Monica Davis, Blessing Uwagboe, Helina Kila, and Priya Murthy

Newington Towers hits a new high with FOGO recycling service

Communities - Learning - Our Services

January 17, 2022

Tags: Education

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When it comes to introducing new recycling programmes to residents, the reactions can be a mixed bag. This is exactly what the Cleanaway education team was anticipating when they were approached by Randwick City Council to kick start a Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) service at Newington Towers.

Pictured: The Cleanaway education team engaging with a Newington Towers resident via a pop-up information session.

To get off on the right foot, Cleanaway Resource Recovery Officer (RRO) Abiola Ishola set out to engage with the residents two months ahead of the FOGO service commencement.

Abiola realised immediately the unique challenges facing his team: Newington Towers has a transient student population and this was hindering the complex from achieving its existing waste management strategies. The amount of commingle recyclables that was ending up in the general waste bins indicated a low engagement with recycling systems, so it was clear the Cleanaway team had their work cut out for them.

Abiola and the team started off by organising a pop-up information session where Newington Tower residents received information in several languages on the upcoming FOGO service. This was followed by education sessions and meetings with the body corporate manager and building manager, with the goal of designing a suitable waste management strategy. Signage and educational collateral were also deployed at strategic locations within the complex.

The team’s hard work paid off. Within only five months, 6.8 tonnes of FOGO was diverted from landfill – approximately 500% higher than the initial recovery estimates projected for Newington Towers.

Randwick City Council is now planning to model the Newington Towers engagement strategy for similarly sized residential complexes where it has been challenging to have a coordinated approach to waste management.

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St Paul’s School wins 2021 Cleanaway Waste Warrior Challenge

Communities - Partnerships

November 30, 2021

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"There were so many schools at The Wave and it was incredible to see how much Tangalooma EcoMarines has grown. I love that Cleanaway is able to support them through this journey – they’re making such an impact,”

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‘Waste Warrior Jellyfish’ made by students of St Paul’s School in Bald Hills, Queensland, has won the Cleanaway Waste Warrior Challenge, an annual art competition where students from different schools compete to create meaningful artwork from waste items found in their local communities.

The luminous beauty beat entries from eight other schools, and highlighted the dangers of hard and soft plastics to marine life.

Pictured: ‘Waste Warrior Jellyfish’ – the winning artwork by St Paul’s School.

The students were aided in their winning project by marine biologist Caitlin Smith, who also happens to be a past student of St Paul’s. Caitlin lent a hand by providing photos of the insides of a sea turtle’s intestines, which revealed the extent of plastics pollution in the ocean. Caitlin even went as far as detailing every piece of hard and soft plastic found inside the sea turtle – something the students found both incredibly interesting and devastating.

Pictured: Marine biologist Caitlin Smith with the intestines of a sea turtle found off Hervey Bay.

Pictured: The tally of hard and soft plastics found inside the sea turtle.

Spurred by their recent experience, the St Paul’s EcoMarines went to work on ‘Waste Warrior Jellyfish’ by collecting a week’s worth of hard and soft plastics at their school via dedicated bins and posters. These plastics then became the building material for their artwork, which is scheduled to be turned into an installation in the St Paul’s library for the benefit of the school community.

Our Education Officers Lauren Grimshaw and Chloe Zatta attended Tangalooma EcoMarine’s annual year end celebration, The Wave, where St Paul’s School was announced as the winner of the Cleanaway Waste Warriors Challenge.

“The biggest difference I observed compared to last year’s event was definitely the increase in the number of students! There were so many schools at The Wave and it was incredible to see how much Tangalooma EcoMarines has grown. I love that Cleanaway is able to support them through this journey – they’re making such an impact,” said Lauren.

“I was so impressed with the students and their commitment towards the EcoMarines program. It was wonderful to see so many of them stepping up to make a positive impact on the environment while encouraging their school and community to do the same,” said Chloe, who attended The Wave for the first time this year.

Joining Lauren and Chloe at The Wave was David Wheeley, General Manager, Solid Waste Services Queensland.

Pictured: General Manager, Solid Waste Services Queensland David Wheeley with EcoMarines Ambassadors at The Wave.

Cleanaway is proud to support Tangalooma EcoMarines, a not-for-profit organisation based in Brisbane that provides sustainability programs for schools across Southeast Queensland. 63 primary schools and 15 secondary schools participated in the EcoMarines program in 2021.

Cleanaway has been a sponsor of the EcoMarines program since 2017.

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.

Building popularity with Sydney’s recyclers through great service

Communities - Our People

November 29, 2021

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“If you drive around, you are not seeing many cans on the street because they have become money. People go around picking them up. They tell us they can make $100 in a day."

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“If you drive around, you are not seeing many cans on the street because they have become money. People go around picking them up. They tell us they can make $100 in a day."

As his truck with its distinctive blue livery approaches container deposit scheme (CDS) return points around Sydney, The (pronounced ‘Tee’) Luu is a welcome sight for customers wanting to recycle bottles, cans and cartons and get their 10 cent refunds through the Return and Earn scheme.

“They’re very happy to see us coming,” says the Cleanaway driver, who has been driving trucks for about 15 years after an earlier career working in roles at furniture and glass factories and a printer.

The joined Cleanaway after the NSW CDS was introduced in 2017 and since then has emptied reverse vending machines (RVMs) at about 160 locations across Sydney, working six days a week and driving up to 250 kilometres per day.

Born in Vietnam, he migrated to Australia when he was 17 and eventually identified truck driving as the job for him.

A customer wrote to Cleanaway recently to let us know what a great ambassador The is for Cleanaway and Return and Earn.

The customer was impressed that The took the time to explain that the RVMs were filling due to exceptional demand and later to advise that it had been emptied.

He wrote that it was ‘a great example of the culture you have clearly embedded in your teams.’

The modestly brushes off this accolade, saying: “It’s our job to deal with the public. We do what we have to do. I do my best but it’s nothing special.”

He works the afternoon and night shift, operating from the CDS metropolitan Sydney base at Cleanaway’s Blacktown branch to service machines that need emptying, as indicated by the electronic sensors in every RVM.

With a capacity of more than 50,000 containers, some RVMs need to be emptied up to six times a day, particularly since the closure and reopening of the scheme due to COVID-19 restrictions in NSW.

It is through this role that he has come to recognise people who regularly pick up containers off the street.

“If you drive around, you are not seeing many cans on the street because they have become money. People go around picking them up. They tell us they can make $100 in a day. It’s like a second job to them,” The says.

The opens machines to access the bins which are wheeled to the rear of his truck where an arm lifts and empties them before he returns them.

“We felt like we had been ‘hammered’ after they reopened in Sydney after being closed for seven to eight weeks, he says.

Despite it sometimes being that busy, The would not have it any other way because he loves his job.

He sometimes takes his two sons, aged nine and seven, to a local RVM on his day off to ‘show them what Daddy does’.

“I’m going to retire in this job. It’s very fulfilling, it pays well and the people are very nice,” The says.

Waste Warriors win 2021 SDG Challenge WA

Communities - Our People

November 15, 2021

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“The Community Cow Program demonstrated a systematic approach to tackling both plastic and food waste at a hyper local level. The team presented a well-thought-out concept and addressed the four areas of assessment which are innovation, inclusion, integration, and interrogation."

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Waste Warriors comprising students Jo Scullin, Najwa Hass, Rohit Joshi and Aditya Sridhar took top honours in the 2021 SDG Challenge WA, which is open to students from all four Western Australian public universities.

The Students Doing Good Challenge, or SDG Challenge for short, is an annual event that advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a global framework for countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. This year’s event, hosted by Edith Cowan University, took place during September and October.

“Waste Warriors’ win is very exciting and unexpected! The quality and diversity of submissions was so impressive. We are honoured to be selected as winners,” says Jo who worked with her fellow Edith Cowan University students Najwa and Rohit as well as The University of Western Australia student Aditya on their winning Community Cow Program.

“As our team members are spread across Australia and India, we had to work to understand how each of our societies managed production and waste. The limitations that may be in one location may not be in another. On top of that we had to keep our pitch to five minutes! That was definitely one of the most challenging parts of the competition.”

Pictured: Waste Warriors team members Najwa Hass and Jo Scullin (third and fourth from left, respectively) with Cleanaway’s Candice Myers (far right), Curtin University’s Robyn Ouschan (second from left) and Murdoch University’s Leah Knapp (far left). The winning team and their mentors were invited to receive the award from The United Nations Association of Australia Western Australia division (UNAAWA) at the United Nations WA Gala Event on 22 October 2021.

The focus of the Waste Warriors’ pitch was on SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production. For this reason, the team was assigned Cleanaway’s Candice Myers as their industry mentor while Curtin University Senior Lecturer Robyn Ouschan served as academic mentor.

“I had the pleasure of mentoring Waste Warriors with Candice, who has shown considerable commitment to work with me to develop the SDG 12 problem statement. I sincerely thank Candice for her commitment to the SDG Challenge and have no doubt that her involvement had a major impact on the team’s success,” says Robyn, who helped streamline Waste Warriors’ idea for creating sustainable circular economies by shortening food and supply chains in local dairy industries. The team’s pitch also incorporated a glass bottle return and exchange program through their proposed Milk To Door (M2D) app.

Cleanaway has adopted SDG 12 as one of its seven priority SDGs:

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 15: Life on Land

Since 2016, we have published sustainability reports annually. Our FY21 Sustainability Report elaborates how Our Cleanaway Way helps us create outcomes for our stakeholders and how these outcomes align to our chosen SDGs.

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia.

‘Mini-me’ surprises garbage truck driver Mick

Communities - Our People

October 13, 2021

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The first time I saw him dressed up I thought ‘Wow. How good is this? I just love to see the customers and the joy that going around emptying the bins brings to the kids.”

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The first time I saw him dressed up I thought ‘Wow. How good is this? I just love to see the customers and the joy that going around emptying the bins brings to the kids.”

When Mick Skillicorn saw two-year-old Bodhi Bennett standing in front of his house, the Cleanaway driver thought he was looking at a miniature version of himself.

Pictured: Bodhi wearing a high visibility yellow and blue uniform and workboots and holding a cardboard garbage truck replica branded like Cleanaway as Mick emptied the Bennett family’s bin.

“It’s all very cute. The first time I saw him dressed up I thought ‘Wow. How good is this?” says Mick, a 22-year veteran of the waste industry including more than three years with Cleanaway.

“I have two boys. They’re grown up. I just love to see the customers and the joy that going around emptying the bins brings to the kids. I suppose it’s like Christmas every week to them.”

Bodhi’s mother Belle says her son makes a sign for a truck to alert her to the impending arrival of Mick’s truck in their street at Kariong on the NSW central coast late each Wednesday morning.

“He’s been obsessed with garbage trucks since he was 10 months old,” says Belle.

“He sits down and has his breakfast each morning with his garbage truck nearby. He will wait for hours until Mick arrives each Wednesday. When the truck is coming Bodhi puts on his uniform and waves.

“He even brings the bin by himself, after it’s been emptied. He’s a hands-on boy.”

Marking RU OK Day with Boral

Communities - Partnerships

September 21, 2021

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It was a great day with over 60 people attending the event.

Tags: Mental Health

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It was a great day with over 60 people attending the event.

Last #RUOKDay, Cleanaway’s Queensland team attended Boral’s fundraiser at their Bowen Bridge concrete plant. Key Account Manager Roshan Premarajah, IW&S Operations Supervisor Todd Ryan and Resource Recovery Specialist David Vachalek attended the event.

“It was a great day with over 60 people attending the event. We currently provide Boral with services ranging from solids, recycling, industrial services, liquids, hydrocarbons, and ancillary services to over 350 sites across all states. We look forward to further enhancing our services through discussions around alternative fuel source options and glass beneficiation,” said David.

Cleanaway donated a metal model of a front lift truck as a raffle prize. Proceeds from the raffle were donated to Mates in Construction, a charity dedicated towards reducing the high level of suicide among Australian construction workers.

RU OK Day is an annual observation that encourages individuals, organisations and communities to take a step back and check in with their peers. It is organised by R U OK, a harm prevention charity that encourages people to stay connected and have conversations that can help others through difficult times in their lives.

Sustainable Categories: Communities

Social enterprise TradeMutt turns mental health conversations into the talk of the town

Social enterprise TradeMutt turns mental health conversations into the talk of the town

Cleanaway bolsters environmental and social impact with Soft Landing

Cleanaway bolsters environmental and social impact with Soft Landing

‘Operation Collect’ sweeps 100,000 tonnes of waste from flood-impacted Brisbane

’Operation Collect’ sweeps 100,000 tonnes of waste from flood-impacted Brisbane

Working together to Clean Up Australia

Working together to Clean Up Australia

Newington Towers hits a new high with FOGO recycling service

Newington Towers hits a new high with FOGO recycling service

St Paul’s School wins 2021 Cleanaway Waste Warrior Challenge

St Paul’s School wins 2021 Cleanaway Waste Warrior Challenge

Building popularity with Sydney’s recyclers through great service

Building popularity with Sydney’s recyclers through great service

Waste Warriors win 2021 SDG Challenge WA

Waste Warriors win 2021 SDG Challenge

‘Mini-me’ surprises garbage truck driver Mick

'Mini-me’ surprises garbage truck driver Mick

Marking RU OK Day with Boral

Marking R U OK Day with Boral