A South East Queensland council has averted 60,000 kilograms of landfill and prevented 177 tonnes of Co2 emissions by using a local circular economy marketplace.
Sunshine Coast Council has rehomed more than 5000 items of office furniture over the past two years through the ASPIRE online tool, also saving more than $44,000 in waste disposal costs.
It said chairs, desks, drawers and whiteboards were just some of the items they had in surplus as a result of the various office moves and rather than disposing of these items, Council offered them to local not-for-profit organisations through the ASPIRE circular economy marketplace, which is available for local entities to connect and exchange unwanted resources.
The Council partnered with Project Net Zero, a 100 percent indigenous-owned social enterprise, to handle furniture delivering to local community groups who had expressed interest, but did not have the capacity to collect.
Project Net Zero co-founder Aron Kurzydlo said it was a privilege to partner with Sunshine Coast Council to repurpose its no longer required office furniture.
“Through this partnership we were able to donate and support community organisations within the Sunshine Coast region,” Mr Kurzydlo said.
Council said as Project Net Zero was known for rehoming and redistributing items through their own channels, including a partnership with Givit, it ensured even more items found new homes instead of being discarded.
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