Method Recycling is a local and international environmental and commercial success story. India Korner spoke to our club on March 1.
John Bishop reports.
It began in 2011 with a staff of two – husband and wife team India and Steven Korner gave up their jobs; he was an engineer with Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, she was in commercial property, and started a new business.
From a team of two their business now has a staff of 27 with offices in Australia and the UK.
Their business is supplying colour coded bins to businesses to help the staff recycle waste.
“It’s more than a product,” India told the club this week. “It’s a visual
statement about the company (using the bins) showing their commitment to
the environment.
In keeping with that commitment Method Recycle recycle their own plastics –
their 60L bin is made from 60 percent recycled plastics and the 20L bin is 100
percent recycled.
With a $50 000 grant from Westpac they expanded into Australia.
“Our aim is to be in the top five precent of B Corp companies. B Corp is an award system signifying “Best for the World”.”
“Our guiding principle is that businesses should be responsible for what they put into the world,” India said, and so Method Recycling helps companies
improve how they recycle.
improve how they recycle.
A recent innovation is a move into data collection and analysis (which they call Method Insight). Sensors on the bins give real time data on usage and this
gives insights into how to improve collection and recycling practices.