significant amount of onsite material too. With 95 per cent of Marrick & Co’s construction waste successfully diverted from landfill, Mirvac is now looking for innovative ways to close the 5 per cent gap to achieve its zero-waste target, exploring the potential of pre-fabrication on several new projects.
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WESTFIELD As the owner and operator of Westfield in Australia and New Zealand, Scentre Group is committed to minimise waste and increase efficiency. This is demonstrated by the redevelopment of its Newmarket shopping centre, in New Zealand, expected to open in 2019. According to Scentre Group’s 2017 Sustainability Report, the project at the time of publication had diverted 79 per cent of all waste from traditional landfills. Demolition materials were segregated where possible, with more than 4000 cubic metres of rock crushed for re-use. Concrete, steel, copper, aluminium and other metals were recycled in the design and construction, while there are plans to introduce dedicated plasterboard recycling bins, so that the plasterboard can
be recycled into gypsum (a calcium that improves soil quality), and on-sold to farmers. Darren Ellis, general manager of construction New Zealand, said: “Scentre Group places a focus on working well with contractors, adopting best business practices, and using equipment and materials sustainably.”
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