2019 has seen a huge focus on the sustainability of packaging. So, with Christmas around the corner, and the inevitable deluge of gifts and wrapping...
Archive for category: Environmental Management
Make More Good Donation: Manly West Carnival Goes Compostable
Edge Environment’s monthly ‘Make More Good’ donation sends $300 to a worthy cause nominated by a staff member. Edge’s ‘Head of Industry Engagement’, Richard Griffiths,...
Everyone’s a little bit circular!
Source: Supply Chain Sustainability School What is the ‘circular economy’? Are there any two people working in sustainability that would give the same answer if...
Zero Waste Pilot: The Edge Weekend Away
Last month, the Edge team escaped to the mid-north coast for some time out of the office, team building and clean air. The eagerness for...
The Sustainable Development Goals – How to go from aligning icons to driving impact.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly are a blueprint for the world to achieve sustainable development and have received...
Waste Not, Want Not: Edge’s Own Journey to Zero Waste
At Edge, we’re an organisation that very much tries to walk the talk. We’re a BCorp and have set our own Science Based Target (one...
An End to Furniture Waste – Solutions for Engineered Timber Waste
On the 13th June Edge Environment and the City of Sydney hosted An end to furniture waste: new paths for furniture waste to gather together those in...
Waste 2018 Conference: National Sword and the future of recycling in Australia
I recently attended the Coffs Harbour Waste Conference 2018, one of Australia’s leading waste conferences with over 600 attendees. As expected one of the primary...
Bringing industry to the table – why corporate uniforms will be essential to solving textile recycling
Textiles make up approximately 1.5% of total household waste, and 4% of commercial and industrial (C&I) waste by weight (Commonwealth of Australia, 2010). Unfortunately, there...