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At Hirepool we believe in a cleaner, greener future and we are always looking to make the best steps to being environmentally friendly.
In the construction and hire industry there are immediate drawbacks when trying to reduce carbon emissions. We recognised those drawbacks back in 2018 and now continue to push forward with our efforts of reducing Hirepool’s carbon footprint.
Our efforts outside the organisation are ever increasing, working with our partner Sustainable Coastlines to clean up the environment. Whether it’s ourselves out for a beach clean or providing resourcing to the missions of Sustainable Coastlines, we are committed to helping remove thousands of litres of rubbish across the country.
Turning our attention to inside the business, we contribute strongly to a shared-use economy. People don't need to always buy machinery, hiring is a great option - when you aren't using it, someone else is. To build upon this, we are looking to prioritise the environment and reduce our carbon footprint. What better way to start off than with the small things we use every day. That is why we have jumped on board with Reclaim’s recycle week, taking part in this yearly campaign to share how we are making the effort to be environmentally conscious. Here are the Recycling week initiatives we took part in, with our own Hirepool spin on them:
When Hirepool buys a product, we also buy any waste associated with the equipment. Whether it’s as big as a 18 tonne digger or as small as a battery powered mini pruner, we’re responsible for the waste.
This is factored in when purchasing new additions to our fleet, including their benefits, the price and the technological advancements. The continued development on battery-powered tools allow for the following benefits to be added to our fleet:
Hirepool acquiring more and more battery-powered equipment is the simplest and smartest step forward when going greener. With more than 97% of battery lead being recyclable, lead-acid batteries are at the top of the list when it comes to highly recyclable products. As we aim to deliver good environmental outcomes for both ourselves and our customers, we implemented the ECO label to let our customers know when they are hiring battery-powered, electric or hybrid machines that are environmentally friendly.
When a spent battery is collected, it is sent to a permitted recycler where the lead and plastic are reclaimed and sent to a new battery manufacturer. This means it will be recycled many, many times. Great for us, our customers and the environment.
On Tuesday of Recycling Week, we asked tradies to tip out the contents of their work vehicle into our Recycling Week bins. We understand that when you’re on the go as a tradie, paperwork, coffee cups and food wrapping builds up in your van, truck or ute.
We gave our tradies who stopped by our Penrose branch the opportunity to empty out their vehicles and place their rubbish in either a landfill option or a recycling option. It was great to see our recycling bins fill up so much and we felt that we succeeded in engaging our customers when it came to making a decision about a piece of rubbish.
Along with our partners at Sustainable coastlines, we are always looking to minimise the amount of plastic pollution ending up on our beaches and finding its way to our beautiful coastlines. This year Sustainable Coastlines released their top 10 plastic pollution offenders from their litter intelligence programme and efforts. This allowed us to see the impact of single-use plastics and how to mitigate them.
For Reusable Wednesday, we wanted to highlight how we and our customers can make small and sustainable changes to a tradie’s lunchtime tool kit. Our helpful ‘This Not That’ provided those who saw it, examples of switching out single-use items for reusable ones.
Keep cups > single-use coffee cups
Compostable, recyclable containers > single-use plastic sushi containers
Stainless steel water bottles > single-use plastic bottles
Beeswax wraps > cling film and plastic containers for sandwiches
It’s often missed and you probably didn’t think twice when chucking a plastic container that had some remnants in it, into the recycle bin. But upon further investigation and reflection by our team, we have come to learn how items that contain food or drink residue are not processable at recycling facilities!
Surprising right! Those greasy pizza boxes, plastic containers with food remains from your local takeaway and peanut butter jars with those hard to reach angles, are all sent to landfill.
We’re here to shed some light, however small, on how important it is to rinse and dry your bottles and containers before recycling them.
So, how much is too much food on the item you’re attempting to recycle?
A general rule of thumb is not having more than 8% of food or drink residue on your food containers. Here are two things we recognised in our recycle bins that needed to be addressed:
Greasy cardboard pizza boxes
The oils from the pizza are likely to seep into the cardboard and cannot be separated from the fibre during the recycling process. This makes the cardboard less valuable and harder to process. If you are unsure, send your greasy pizza boxes to the landfill to avoid contaminating other materials.
Used paper cups, plates and napkins
Often soiled with food and drink, their quality quickly diminishes. Make sure they have under 8% of food and drink on them before recycling them. There are plenty of compostable options out there for you to try as well!
We picked one lucky worksite to be a part of our waste free Friday! This initiative was designed to explore different options of how we put together our morning teas and giveaways. When sourcing catering options, local stores and how we delivered them, we at Hirepool want to make these considerations with every smoko shout we do in the future.
The worksite that we chose to provide a free smoko shout to was John Fillmore Contracting. Their site in Takapuna, Auckland involved between 20 and 30 tradies that were working up an appetite as they worked on a new Takapuna town square.
We rocked up with bakery goods in paper bags, sandwiches in cardboard containers and even called in our coffee guy. When it came to the hot espresso coffee, we provided him with edible, vanilla cups from Twiice.
The idea was to bring everything in something that could be reused or recycled. And we succeeded! Taking every little bit of recyclable rubbish away with us, biting into the tasty vanilla coffee cups and then disposing of things correctly. We also gave out beeswax wraps for tradies to wrap their smoko eats in something different than cling film plastic that we often see blowing around work sites.
The JFC crew was thrilled and we were happy to provide them with hot savouries, sweet baked goods and fresh sandwiches. One thing we learnt on the day was how much of an appetite tradies worked up prior to their smoko! Lucky we had enough goodies, but will for sure bring more next time.
