Nursery waste management for reducing costs
Many materials that were once considered ‘waste’ are now considered to be a tradeable commodity that could provide a small income instead of adding to costs – and that’s just one reason for nurseries to conduct a regular review of what’s coming into and going out of their sites.
Environmental and horticultural research consultant David Hunt recently carried out an investigation of the economics of changing waste management practices, and developed a number of digital resources to help production nurseries conduct an assessment.
The project ‘Assessing waste streams in Australian production nurseries’ (NY13003) was funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia using nursery industry levies and funds from the Australian Government.
