In The Sustainable Hour on 2 May 2018, Corio Waste Management CEO Ken Dickens shares his insight into the disruptions that are going on in the Australian recycling sector at the moment – a recording from Geelong Sustainability’s Green Drinks event in March. The countdown to breaking our old habits has begun on various fronts.

Vicki Perrett, president of Geelong Sustainability, tells us about an exciting new regional collaboration around zero waste that was launched on 1 May 2018.

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“The countdown has begun – in less than two months free plastic carry bags in supermarkets will be a thing of the past. From July and onwards, there are those who will find themselves at the checkout with a trolley full of shopping with the sudden realisation that you’ve got nothing to carry it home in.”

~ The New Daily, 1 May 2018

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Recycling crisis: An insider’s insights

Keynote speaker at the Geelong Sustainability’s Green Drinks event on 28 March 2018 was Ken Dickens, managing director of Corio Waste Management. Ken Dickens had decided to tell us like it really is: The truth about what happens with the material we put in our recycling bins. It was a very interesting presentation, without good news in the short term. However these challenges provide a watershed opportunity for positive change!

Listen to Ken Dickens’ presentation: 36 minutes plus 7 minutes of questions and answers

“It is going to take some time to get recycling right – at least five years – and during this time it is going to be tough. It’s a perfect storm,” Dickens told his audience at Beav’s Bar.

» Read more on www.geelongsustainability.org.au

» The slides for Dickens’ presentation

About Corio Waste Management

In 2017, Corio Waste Management won Geelong Business Excellence Award for best Health Promoting Workplace.

Corio Waste Management was established in Geelong in 1996 by the Dickens family. The company has over 60 employees and a fleet of 50 vehicles, doing 10,000 waste and recycling collections each week in the Surf Coast, Corio Bay and Melbourne’s western and South-eastern suburbs. Depots in Geelong, Altona and Dandenong.

» More information on the company’s home page:

www.coriowm.com.au