New Zealand produces an estimated 7 million tonnes of Construction & Demolition C&D waste each year. Incredibly, 40% of all waste going into New Zealand landfills is from construction and demolition projects. Sadly, New Zealand recycles only about 20-30% of its C&D waste.
Each new home constructed generates an average of four tonnes of waste.
At Marsden Waste the Tradie Recycle system has been helping our customers sort their construction waste and found that construction waste is made up of timber (20%), plasterboard (13%), packaging (5%), metal (5%) and other (45%).
Most of the landfill dumping of construction waste is unnecessary – we know that simply by sorting your construction waste at site, at least half of it could be diverted from landfills. You can also reduce the cost of your house build by sorting your waste because you send less to landfill which is becoming more and more expensive and why your waste skip bins cost so much.
Tradie Recycle ™ is an easy to use “sort at source” programme designed for the construction industry. Tradie Recycle ™ replaces the old system of large skip bins full of co-mingled waste destined for landfill where they significantly contribute to carbon emissions.
The Tradie Recycle ™ system allows for 100% of separated materials to be recycled. Where does your recycled waste go… Timber waste is used as an energy feedstock for local manufacturers. Gypsum from Gib board that is separated, collected and processed is reused in Horticulture. All scrap metals sorted and collected using the Tradie Recycle System are recycled locally or exported and recycled into 100% new steel.
