Ipswich City Council

Waste Services

Ipswich Waste Services is a commercial business unit owned and operated by Ipswich City Council. Our fleet of specialised vehicles and comprehensive range of bin sizes enable us to offer a range of services that can provide our clients with a ‘one stop shop' designed to meet a diverse range of waste management and environmental needs.

We work closely with our customers to deliver practical, sustainable solutions that benefit our customers, our community and our environment.

As a community based service provider, Ipswich Waste Services has a genuine commitment to providing quality services, at competitive prices, for all business and industry.

Services Provided

240 Litre Wheelie Bins

The 240 litre wheelie bins are ideal for companies or businesses with a small waste volume and with limited storage or site space.

The 240 litre wheelie bin is also ideally suited for companies interested in paper recycling, and a paper recycling bin is available.

Dimensions:

Additional features:

• Suitable for ‘wet' waste ie cafes and restaurants and commercial sites.
• Lightweight and easy to handle.
• The 240 litre wheelie bins are ideal for companies or businesses with a small waste volume and with limited storage or site space.
• The 240 litre wheelie bin is also ideally suited for companies interested in paper recycling, and a paper recycling bin is available.
• Regular service. A service schedule can be designed to meet your needs, this can range from a weekly up to and including a daily service.

Chemical and Liquid Waste

Ipswich Waste Services provides a range of services for the collection of:

• grease trap
• septic tank waste
• bulk chemicals
• chemical analysis

Our services include the transportation, disposal and chemical analysis by a qualified industrial chemist to ensure total compliance with the requirements of the EPA.

Document Destruction

This service is ideal for organisations with large volumes of confidential documents, paperwork and other hard copies for destruction.

Ipswich Waste Services provides purpose-built security bins to suit a range of options including shredding, incineration or burial.

Industrial Cardboard Collection

If you are generating more paper and cardboard than general waste, it may be financially viable to have an Industrial Cardboard bin at your business. You will also be helping the environment, as all paper and cardboard form the bins are taken to a paper mill for recycling.

Industrial Cardboard Bins are available from Ipswich Waste Services and come in several sizes to suit your needs:

• 1.5m³
• 3m³ (pictured)
• 4.5m³
• 8m³

Front Lift Bins

The Ipswich Waste Services front lift bins are most suited to generators of a regular volume of low-density waste.  The bin is made of steel and is available in a range of sizes to suit all requirements. Collection frequency is flexible and can be arranged to suit customer's needs.

Dimensions:

Additional features:

• The front lift system is easily adapted to meet changing requirements and are suitable for most commercial/industrial situations.
• The front lift system has castors for ease of movement on site.
• Lockable lids control odour and ensure only your waste enters the bin.
• Cost efficient.
• Regular or on-call service.

Pathological Waste

Ipswich Waste Services provides a medical/ pathological waste system that handles all categories of hospital, surgery, dental, veterinary and household medical waste.

Ipswich Waste Services provides a range of container options for clinical and cytotoxic for the safe and efficient collection of medical waste.

Dimensions:

Additional features

• Specialised bins are provided, including bins and containers that are both tamper resistant and puncture proof.
• Best practice methods ensure that EPA and state guidelines for pathological waste is strictly observed.
• Sizes and accessories to meet all needs.
• Colour coded system to differentiate between waste types.
  

Product Destruction and Recycling Facility

Since July 2005, Ipswich Waste Services has been operating a Product Destruction and Recycling Facility at its Briggs Road depot in Ipswich. This facility promotes resource recovery by recycling waste beverage containers and recovering the liquid content for composting purposes, with absolutely no waste going to landfill from the process.

Cost Effective Environmental Management of Packaging Waste

Ipswich Waste Services Product Destruction and Recycling Facility can assist your company in implementing successful product stewardship policies and practices that help to minimise the environmental impacts of packaging in a cost effective manner. This opportunity will help your company to develop sustainable waste management practices and meet the targets set down by the National Packaging Covenant (NPC).

The NPC is the voluntary component of a co-regulatory arrangement for managing the environmental impacts of consumer packaging in Australia. It is an agreement based on the principles of shared responsibility through product stewardship, between key stakeholders in the packaging supply chain and all spheres of government. The regulatory underpinning is provided by the National Environmental Protection Measure (NEPM).

The Covenant is designed to minimise the environmental impacts arising from the disposal of used packaging, conserve resources through better design and production processes and facilitate the reuse and recycling of used packaging materials. The Covenant commits signatories to a national recycling target of 65% for packaging and no further increases in packaging waste disposed to landfill by the end of 2010.

The National Packaging Covenant encourages a co-operative approach between industry and government bodies in order to achieve a national consistency in the lifecycle management of packaging and paper and the implementation of sustainable material recovery systems.

Product Destruction and Recycling Facility Capability
The system can process the following packaging containing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage:
· Aluminium
· Glass
· Plastic/ PET
· TetraPak

We can also bale cardboard cartons, cardboard packaging and shrink wrap for resale.
Most product currently processed by our Product Destruction and Recycling Facility requires destruction because the stock is out-of-date, incorrectly labelled or due to other errors in production.

The process:
· Goods are delivered to our Briggs Road depot and securely stored in a Goods Receival Storage Facility.
· Cartons are broken open and the beverage containers are placed on a conveyor belt. The cardboard cartons and shrink wrap are placed into separate bins.
· The beverage containers are shredded.
· The liquid contents from the containers are filtered into one of two 22 500 litre capacity storage tanks. This liquid is then removed and transported to a local composting company for use in their composting process.
· The shredded beverage containers are baled and stored ready for resale.
· Cardboard cartons and shrink wrap are baled separately for resale.
· All packaging materials are then finally forwarded to markets for recycling.

Absolutely no waste is being disposed of at landfill through this system! We also guarantee total destruction of the product with stringent security and tracking measures in place to ensure that all product that arrives at our facility for processing is fully processed.

The Results:
Since July 2005, the facility has:
· Removed 2 million litres of liquid for composting purposes.
· Recovered 150 tonnes of glass, aluminium and PET for end markets both in Australia and overseas
· Processed over quarter of a million cartons of beverage.

This is the only facility of its kind in Queensland!

Conveyor belt                                           Shredder

    
Baler                                                      PET Bale

Tanks

Roll-on Roll-off Bins

Roll-on Roll-off bins suit a wide range of applications.

They are an ideal system for bulky non-compactable waste generated by commercial, building and or large scale developments through to office clean ups and home renovations.

Dimensions:

Additional features:

• Roll-on Roll-off bins are available in a range of sizes to meet customer requirements.
• Roll-on Roll-off bins have a fully opening rear door.

Sharps

Ipswich Waste Services provides Sharps containers for the safe and reliable disposal of sharps.

Sharps containers come in either a 1.7 litre, 4 litre, 10 litre or 20 litre container to cater for a variety of needs.

Additional features

• Safe and secure design.
• Mobile and free standing accessories.
• Sizes and accessories to meet all needs.
• Safety funnels and purpose designed openings.
• Colour coded system to differentiate between waste types.

Stationary Compactors

On site compaction units are an economic and practical solution for companies or businesses that have limited space but generate high volumes of compactable waste.

• Stationary compactors eliminate the necessity of having multiple bins on site
• There are a range of sizes and configurations and the compactors can be built to your requirements.
• Compactors are an efficient, hygienic and practical waste disposal feature ideal for shopping centres, factories and other locations that generate high volumes of compactable waste.
• Competitive leasing/rental packages.

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