Veolia’s EcoLogic monitoring and reporting dashboard will be a core component in supporting Defence to meet its waste targets. Defence’s new waste strategy will create employment opportunities for veterans, local and indigenous communities, and small to medium businesses.
Veolia has signed a new six-year contract with The Department of Defence (Defence) that will see a powerful data driven approach brought to bear on its waste management processes.
Using its industry leading reporting platform, EcoLogic, Veolia will help Defence deliver on its target to divert 80% of its waste from landfill by 2030 as part of a contract that has some of Australia’s highest standards in quality assurance, risk management, and ambitious waste management goals.
This new contract builds on a 10-year working relationship between Veolia and Defence, which delivered waste management improvements around the country, including advances in FOGO processing, innovative treatment for complex waste types and a significant reduction in waste going to landfill.
“We are delighted that Defence has decided to partner with Veolia again on this new transformative contract, which allow us to continue bringing best-practice waste management to Defence, so it can continue to be the trailblazer for Australia’s circular economy and net zero ambitions,” said Veolia ANZ Chief Operating Officer Waste Tony Roderick.
“Defence has been a brilliant partner with Veolia for the past 10 years, driving us with their eagerness to maximise every recycling opportunity, and welcoming collaboration and innovation at every turn. We can’t wait to continue to bring our expertise to their sites.
“Defence was an important driver for our world leading program, EcoLogic, which has been described as the gold standard for monitoring and reporting on waste data in real time. Many of its enhancements were driven by Defence wanting to get even more quantifiable detail on what was happening to their waste and accurately reporting on it.”
Data has become a key part of recycling and waste management across every part of the Australian economy, with the effectiveness of recycling and waste management becoming more reliant on the quality of intelligence through all points of a materials lifecycle. Defence will be taking that to the next level with the Defence Base Services Transformation Program.
This program will see new resource recovery hubs added to Defence sites. This additional infrastructure will drive an increased need to report on waste behaviours which will be critical to the success of the entire Transformation Program. Veolia will continue to extend its world leading EcoLogic platform to meet that need.
The creation of new resource recovery hubs on the bases, will also see increased job opportunities for local communities, small to medium sized businesses, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Just as importantly, it will open doors to employment pathways for veterans transitioning back into civilian life.
“The new contract builds on the decade-long partnership between Veolia, Defence and our shared personnel and reflects a new era of resource recovery and waste management transformation. Our long and enduring relationship has made both of us better and Veolia is committed to continuing this throughout the life of the new contract.” Mr Roderick said.
“I look forward to continuing to work closely with Defence long into the future, to be challenged by that unstoppable drive they bring to set tough goals and to achieve those goals together.”
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