WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

Taking on Forktree has not just been about planting trees but also about cleaning up land that had previously been used as a dumping ground. With the alarming statistic that 40% of Australia’s landfill consists of building waste ringing in our ears, we were determined to reuse as much of the waste material that we found on the property as possible.

We are hugely proud that, to date, none of the building waste material on the property has gone to landfill. Instead, the rubble and broken bricks have been used to create gabian retaining walls for the tanks and to support tracks crossing gullies.

Using rubble and broken bricks to construct gabion walls to support the water tanks.