Closed Loop

Over the years, Closed Loop has proudly managed the event waste, cleaning and sustainability for Events ACT’s Floriade.

Last year, more than 84 tonnes of waste was separated over the month-long event in Canberra. Of this, more than 76% of waste was sent for recycling or composting.

Waste can be used as a resource and thanks to Floriade 2023:

✅ More than 135,000 paper cups will be recycled with Simply Cups Australia New Zealand to make roads and lightweight concrete
✅ 456,000 eligible containers were collected for ACT CDS
✅ More than $2,000 was donated to Roundabout Canberra from ACT CDS earnings
✅ More than $2,000 was donated to The Indigenous Marathon Foundation from ACT CDS earnings

Compared to 2022, Closed Loop and Floriade have saved an additional 7 tonnes from ending up in landfill!

If you have food waste, you have a resource. The Sharp Group's, Flying Brick Cider Co are recycling their food waste with a Closed Loop commercial composter.

With our unique composter technology, food waste is made into a nutrient-rich compost in less than 24 hours. Flying Brick Cider Co combine their nutrient-rich compost on-site with soil to fertilise their vineyard.

Sustainable practices can also be cost effective with commercial composters reducing landfill costs and other resource costs.

The Sharp Group have since installed commercial composters at all other venues including Leura Park Estate, Yes said the Seal and Jack Rabbit.

The festive season is near, and our team are thankful for the year that Closed Loop have had.

We wish you, your family and friends a safe and relaxing break! 💙

Our initiative, Simply Cups Australia New Zealand, is Australia's largest paper cup recycling program!

Simply Cups collects all types of paper cups and works with innovative new technologies to turn the recycled cups into something new.

Currently Simply Cups has:
✅ Collected over 40 million paper cups
✅ 341 schools across Australia enrolled in 7-Eleven's Cup Rescue Schools Program
✅ 1,500+ collection locations across Australia
✅ 3 sustainable products the cups are made into; lightweight concrete slabs, asphalt & sustainable building materials

With over 1.8 billion hot drink cups being used each year in Australia, Simply Cups was created to end waste and find practical solutions to recycling paper cups including coffee cups and take-away soft drink cups.

Learn more about Simply Cups here 👉 https://closedloop.com.au/our-initiatives/simply-cups/