Ginninderry
West Belconnen, ACT. A bag system in place of skips across a whole master-planned community, with waste included in the land purchase at no extra cost to buyers or builders.
- Client
- Ginninderry
- Partner
- Riverview Group
- Region
- ACT
- Scale
- A new community for 30,000 residents across four suburbs, built over 30 to 40 years.
of site waste diverted from landfill
Target 85%
The challenge
- Skips limit recycling: everything goes in together and most of it ends up in landfill.
- Windborne debris and pollution spread across the estate.
- Heavy truck movements through new streets, and cluttered streetscapes.
- Safety risks on site, and builders unable to track their true waste costs.
What RSS did
- A flexible bagging system with regular visits to remove full bags.
- Recyclables separated on site into dedicated streams, reducing contamination.
- Hazards inspected and recorded on every visit.
- Service from before construction starts through to completion.
The results
- More than 80% of site waste diverted from landfill, with a pathway to 85%.
- Safer sites and cleaner streets for the people already living there.
- A known waste cost for builders, and accurate benchmarking across the estate.
- Waste service included in the land purchase at no additional cost to buyers or builders.
“We're very pleased that RSS has come along and identified an opportunity where things can be managed better and more sustainably.”
“Reduced traffic movement of large trucks, a set and known cost for waste management, and less workload for the supervisor.”