Mirvac committed to an ambitious target of achieving zero waste to landfill by 2030 across its commercial buildings and retail tenancies. To support this goal, Mirvac required accurate, site-specific data on waste streams, practical recommendations to improve diversion from landfill, and delivery aligned with its sustainability and social procurement commitments.

Green Yakka partnered with Mirvac to deliver large-scale, hands-on waste audits across commercial buildings and retail tenancies. Our team worked on site to sort, weigh and analyse waste streams, providing clear breakdowns of landfill, recycling and organics, along with practical, site-specific recommendations to improve diversion and reduce contamination.

To deliver audits efficiently across multiple locations, Green Yakka combined zero waste expertise with waste labour capacity. This integrated approach enabled consistent, high-quality audit delivery at scale while creating paid employment through hands-on waste work.

• Long-standing partnership delivering consistent, high-quality waste audits across Mirvac’s commercial and retail sites 
• Clear insight into waste and material streams to measure performance and support Mirvac’s zero waste to landfill strategy 
• Data-driven decisions to target material diversion activities and introduce additional resource recovery streams 
• Ongoing monitoring of waste performance to track change over time and continuously improve diversion rates toward 2030 
• Reliable, professional and flexible service delivery, including out-of-hours work and strong HSE and site-cleanliness practices 
• Meaningful employment and skill development opportunities created for over 250 people facing barriers to work 

Award Recognition 

2024 National Social Procurement Impact Partnership Award – Social Traders 

This award recognised Green Yakka’s partnership with Mirvac for delivering strong sustainability and employment outcomes through social procurement.  

At the time of receiving this award (2024), the partnership had delivered over 41 waste audits, supported the engagement of approximately 250 casual staff, and contributed to Mirvac achieving a 66% recycling rate across its total operational waste in FY24, demonstrating strong environmental and social impact through social procurement.

“Green Yakka’s team is reliable, professional, and flexible to work with. They work diligently, manage HSE risks and clean the area after every audit. Their ability to provide services outside of operational hours has been valuable in managing the limited space in loading docks.”

“Green Yakka provides a service while creating an outstanding social outcome through the employment and skill development opportunity for youth and former refugees. Mirvac continues to partner with Green Yakka, and is exploring further opportunities, due to their superb quality of service value provided.”

Dennis Lee, Resource Recovery Manager, Mirvac