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RAC Arena is on track to become one of the most sustainable entertainment venues in Australia, taking giant strides toward a landfill diversion rate of 70%.
RAC Arena is Perth’s home of live music, sport, comedy and entertainment. The arena is known for hosting several world-class events, from the UFC 284 to Billie Eilish. But now, it’s becoming known for an entirely different reason – an ambitious goal to become the most sustainable venue in Australia.
At Compost Connect, we’re proud to play a part in RAC Arena’s sustainability story – connecting stadiums and events with commercial composters to help divert food waste and compostable packaging from landfills.
By partnering with BioPak, Compost Connect and WRITE Solutions, RAC Arena has diverted almost 38 tonnes of organics and compostable packaging from landfill. And they’re still going.
RAC Arena recognises that huge events can produce a huge amount of waste.
Which is why they’re taking action and implementing sustainable and circular packaging solutions to tackle the enormous waste problem.
Together with BioPak, Compost Connect and WRITE Solutions, RAC Arena has set out to change people’s perceptions of event waste, serving as an inspiration in the events industry across WA and beyond.
By partnering with BioPak, Compost Connect and Write Solutions, RAC Arena has truly embodied the circular economy and achieved incredible sustainability results.
RAC Arena has swapped single-use plastic packaging for reusable cups in retail bars and BioPak’s certified compostable packaging.
BioPak’s packaging is made from responsibly sourced, rapidly renewable plant-based resources – designed to be composted at the end of its life.
The foodservice packaging supplied to RAC Arena is certified home compostable (AS5810) or industrially compostable (AS4736) to Australian and New Zealand Standards.
RAC Arena partnered with Compost Connect to dispose of all compostable packaging and complete the circle.
Compost Connect is a not-for-profit composting initiative connecting businesses and events to organic waste pickup services. This helps divert food waste from landfill and create nutrient-rich compost instead.
Through the Compost Connect platform, RAC Arena partnered with Perth-based waste management firm WRITE Solutions to create a sustainability roadmap and end-of-life disposal solution.
Instead of adding to landfills, Compost Connect and Write Solutions are helping turn food and packaging waste into a nutrient-rich resource that captures carbon, promotes healthy soil, and has flow-on effects for plants and the planet.
Write Solutions is a team of sustainability consulting experts, facilitating waste collection and commercial composting of food waste and compostable packaging.
“Our mission is to change people’s perceptions of waste and working with a venue like RAC Arena provides us the perfect platform,” WRITE Solutions managing director Daragh Maher said.
In collaboration with WRITE Solutions, patrons and staff are encouraged to dispose of their waste appropriately using one of four bins: Landfill, Organic, Stack Cups, and the Containers for Change bin.
At Compost Connect, we’re proud to facilitate connections between organisations and commercial composters. To see it play out on such a large scale – like the partnership between WRITE Solutions and RAC Arena – is an incredible success story.
Since partnering with BioPak, Compost Connect and Write Solutions, RAC Arena has truly championed the circular economy and taken some giant strides toward a sustainable future.
RAC Arena has:
Compostable packaging aside, RAC Arena has also:
At Compost Connect, we recognise that both recycling and composting should work together to fully realise a circular economy.
As a result of these incredible efforts, RAC Arena was awarded Venue of the Year at the 2023 Australian Event Awards and Symposium – commended for its leadership and innovation.
At Compost Connect, we’re thrilled to play a part in this sustainability success story and can’t wait to follow along as RAC Arena continues to work toward its goal to become Australia’s most sustainable venue.
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