By Deanne Jeffers
FUTURE Recycling, located on Old Dookie Road in Shepparton, is a carbon-neutral leader in resource recovery and metal recycling and Victorian family-owned business. With its own registered weighbridge, the company provides customers with accurate and competitive rebates on materials.
The company has added a full-time employee to its now 10-strong team. Shepparton branch manager, Daniel Thewma is also proud to add that, “We have upped our local sponsorships, and Future Recycling now supports two golf clubs in Shepparton and in Kialla, and a couple local footy clubs in the GV, Murray and KDL leagues.”
It’s all thanks to the community’s ongoing support and the special service only a local provider with strong networks like Future Recycling can provide. This has secured them several big projects, like removing metal from a commercial hothouse and transfer stations in the Campaspe Shire and Golden Plain Shire in Bendigo.
“That’s been really, really good for us. It generates around 650 ton of material, and we do that over about two weeks,” Daniel said.
Commodity prices picking up has also been good for business, meaning that Future Recycling can pass on better prices to consumers. Daniel said, “For most of this financial year, commodity rates haven’t been too bad. So, we’ve been able to get a good return and pay our customers better rates, which has kept us more than competitive in the market against our oppositions.”
Since last financial year, Daniel said, “We’re probably 20 customers better off than we were. That’s come off the back of obviously new businesses in the Goulburn Valley, and on the back of our main competitors staying out of the area.”
Future Recyling has added to its Melbourne sites, located in Pakenham, Dandenong and a new transfer station and depot in Hallam. This allows the company to sort waste and divert as much as it can from landfill.
They’ve also upgraded systems that record maintenance checks on all assets and equipment, which are done every morning to ensure the safety of staff and equipment.
