Nation-leading work in disaster waste management

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Nation-leading work in disaster waste management

Green Industries SA’s nation-leading work in disaster waste management in response to South Australia’s bushfire recovery and clean-up effort will drive better practices locally and nationally.

In response to the state’s devastating bushfires, a Disaster Waste Management Plan was activated on January 6 2020. Green Industries SA took the lead and co-ordinated a State Recovery Operations Group sub-committee.

Through clearly defined roles and responsibilities and process to manage the waste the clean-up achieved the following results:

  • Greatly impacted the speed and cost of recovery
  • Provided local employment following the bushfires
  • Diverted as much waste as possible for recycling instead of sending it to landfill.
  • Protected human health and environmental outcomes from the disaster particularly in relation to asbestos removal and disposal.

Watch the results of Green Industries SA’s waste management here




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Acknowled­gement of Country

Green Industries SA acknowledges and respects the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. 

We acknowledge and respect their deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people have to Country.

We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their nations in South Australia and across Australia.