Waste Done Well – Gardening Australia

SERIES 36 | Episode 16
Garden Show Special

Over five days, more than 115,000 people will visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, so Millie goes behind the scenes to see what happens to all the waste that is generated. 

“It’s a scary number – 400 Tonnes of waste, with 280 of that is organic material,” says Greg Schicker, manager of recycling company Closed Loop. 

To simplify the recycling this year, the public is asked to put everything in a general bin and staff and employed to sort it at the onsite depot. 

Some of the businesses with stands at the show, such as flower farmer Mardi Rhoden, take home their own green waste for composting. 

At the show, the green waste mix including timber, soil, turf and mulch are all collected by partner company Bio Gro. By the end of the week, more than 600 cubic metres of organic waste will have been processed. 

Filmed on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country | Carlton, Vic

SERIES 36 | Episode 16
Garden Show Special

Over five days, more than 115,000 people will visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, so Millie goes behind the scenes to see what happens to all the waste that is generated. 

“It’s a scary number – 400 Tonnes of waste, with 280 of that is organic material,” says Greg Schicker, manager of recycling company Closed Loop. 

To simplify the recycling this year, the public is asked to put everything in a general bin and staff and employed to sort it at the onsite depot.