Belmont Timber Case Study

Belmont Timber are located in Fairfield employing 71 workers to manufacture preassembled wall frames and roof trusses for the residential market.

“We ring and book a truck in between 24 and 48 hours which works for us very very well.” Garry Walker – Managing Director at Belmont Timber

They accumulate a lot of timber off cuts and have to empty their bins daily. This means that they require a reDirect Recycling pickup once or twice a month to deal with the accumulation of timber waste.

“In the time we’ve been dealing with reDirect Recycling we have found the whole process a very easy and simple one. They are all very polite. we find all the drivers and everyone that’s involved with reDirect Recycling very easy to work with.” Garry Walker – Managing Director at Belmont Timber

Belmont Timber are very aware of their environmental impact and are committed to reducing it wherever possible. They’re thrilled that since working with reDirect Recycling they’ve been able to divert 20 – 40 tons of timber waste from ending up in landfill per month. Additionally, the financial benefit is that they’ve been able to save up to $10K per month on waste disposal fees.

“It’s not only the financial benefit, it’s the fact that if we could get more people to do what we’re doing, I just feel that we wouldn’t be putting as much product into landfill.” Garry Walker – Managing Director at Belmont Timber

Belmont Timber joined the reDirect Recycling customer base two and a half years ago and in that time have found the process smooth and hassle free.

“It’s been extremely enjoyable.” Garry Walker – Managing Director at Belmont Timber

With over 40% of Australia’s waste comprising construction and demolition materials, it is important as an industry to contribute towards a circular economy and close the loop on waste.

The demolition of the site has been done mostly by hand, piece by piece, separating and sorting the various materials to ensure as much demolition waste can be diverted from landfill and therefore recovery of recyclable materials has been at over 90%.

reDirect Recycling have diverted over 100 tonnes of particleboard and other clean timber which is accounting for over 23% of the resources covered, including gyprock, masonry, metals, cardboard, and plastics.

Reconstituted or engineered timber products are used extensively in joinery applications. The recovered wood waste is then diverted to the manufacturing of new particleboard, which utilises recycled wood and particleboard offcuts into the production of new particleboard.