Wiping Out Waste At Repco Rally Australia

By committing to reduce waste at Repco Rally Australia this month, the organisers helped to recover more than 15,000 litres or one tonne of recyclables in the Tweed
Shire.

The Rally organisers worked with the North East Waste Forums’ Waste Wise Events program to plan measures to avoid and reduce waste and implement recycling at the
first Northern Rivers round of the World Rally Championships, which took place from 3 to 6 September.

More than 250 bins were provided by Solo Resource Recovery to encourage the separation of waste from recycling at the Kingscliff Rally Service Park and the rally
spectator points in the Tweed Shire.

Karen Rudkin, Waste Wise Event Coordinator for the North East Waste Forum said “A waste audit revealed that the recyclables collected were predominately cardboard and paper, plastic drink bottles and aluminium drink cans and contamination levels were low enough to enable successful recovery and avoid disposal to landfill of these valuable resources”.

“Introducing waste reduction and recycling initiatives helped to lower the rally’s environmental impact and the information gathered can be used in future event planning
to assist in further reducing waste to landfill,” she said.

The NEWF is a group of five councils on the North Coast of New South Wales including Tweed Shire, working together towards cost-effective waste management and resource recovery solutions.

For more information on how to run a Waste Wise Event go to: http://www.northeastwasteforum.org.au