New Look Trucks as Shoalhaven Renews SUEZ Kerbside Waste Collection Co
Published on 25 June 2020
Shoalhaven City Council has renewed its kerbside waste collection contract with waste and recycling contractor SUEZ, which unveiled a new look for its kerbside waste collection trucks today.
The newly branded trucks will be on full display for the community as they travel across the Shoalhaven over the next nine years.
The updated branding on the new fleet of trucks has resulted from Council's ongoing positive and constructive working relationship with SUEZ. Council’s waste services officers have worked closely with the SUEZ team to update messaging to reflect current waste management activities in the Shoalhaven.
Mayor Amanda Findley said, "SUEZ has been servicing the Shoalhaven for 30 years and has often gone above and beyond when requested.
“For example over the past few months SUEZ has ensured our household kerbside bins have been collected, as reliably as possible, despite the challenges and difficulties caused by the bushfires, floods and COVID,” she said.
“It’s great to see the newly branded trucks out on the road servicing the region,” said Clr Findley.
The personable nature, safety and reliability of SUEZ's service is highlighted by the drivers who have become well known in their community for connecting with residents on their routes. Some current SUEZ employees have worked the trucks for the past 30 years. SUEZ has not lost any working days to injury over the past 8 years of performing the Shoalhaven’s kerbside collections.
Mark Venhoek, CEO of SUEZ Australia & New Zealand, said the last year has been a challenging period for everyone – and even more challenging for those living in the Shoalhaven and South Coast regions.
“The resilience of this region has been nothing short of inspiring and is testament to the strength and closeness of the local communities throughout the Shoalhaven region,” Mr Venhoek said.
“This year marks 30 years of the continued relationship between the people of Shoalhaven and SUEZ”
“Over those years we have formed a tight bond, both through our employees that live and work here, but also with the businesses and households that we serve – this is something we are very proud of,” he said.
SUEZ has notched up some notable statistics in the time it has serviced the Shoalhaven, due to the large geographic area and population that triples in some holiday periods.
In the last year its kerbside waste collection operation travelled 845,000km to collect waste from Shoalhaven residents, lifted 3.6 million bins and drove past collection points 4.6 million times.
Photo caption: Darron Ellery, Waste Contracts Coordinator (Shoalhaven City Council - SCC), Brendan Jeffcott (SUEZ), Phillip Perram, Commercial Services Manager (SCC), Mayor Amanda Findley (SCC), and Mark Venhoek, CEO and Tony Grebenshikoff, State General Manager (SUEZ Australia & New Zealand).